Background
Baty, Laurie Anne was born on February 2, 1954 in Middletown, Ohio, United States. Daughter of H. [Harold] Bruce Baty, Lois Nelle Wurtz.
historian consultant museum administrator
Baty, Laurie Anne was born on February 2, 1954 in Middletown, Ohio, United States. Daughter of H. [Harold] Bruce Baty, Lois Nelle Wurtz.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Gettysburg College, 1976. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1979.
Fellow International Museum Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, 1979—1980. Assistant prints and photograph library Maryland History Society, Baltimore, 1980—1984, photographs library, 1984—1985. Archivist National Museum American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1985—1986.
Program officer, grants analyst National History Publications and Records Commission, 1987—1999. Chief museum services United States Department Interior, 1999—2001. Deputy director collections United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, since 2001.
Member advisory board collections Jewish History Society Maryland, Baltimore, 1991—1995.
(Book by Baty, Laurie A. [editor])
Society of America Archivists
American Alliance of Museums (co-Chair, Diversity Coalition 2001-2002)
American Association for State and Local History
Virginia Association of Museums
George Washington University Club
Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Beta Kappa.