Leslie Ann Williams

Background

Williams, Leslie Ann was born on December 15, 1941 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edgar Daniel and Merle Leslie (Williamson) Leibensperger.

Education

Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania College for Women, 1963; Master of Arts (honorary), University Ireland, Dublin, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., Blomington, 1990.

Career

Lecturer, Gesamt Hoch Schule Kassel, Kassel, Germany, 1972-1974; curator, Phoneix Art Museum, 1974-1976; producer, writer, Young & Rubicam, Bozell & Jacobs, Phoenix, 1977-1980; officer, Arizona State Government, Phoenix, 1980-1981; grant writer, curator, Arizona State University, Phoenix, 1982-1983; Kress fellow, Samuel Kress Foundation, London, 1985-1986; assistant director, Collins Living Learning Center, Bloomington, Indiana, 1986-1987; visiting assistant professor, Ohio U., Athens, 1988-1989; associate professor, U. Cincinnati, since 1989; head humanities and social science, U. Cincinnati, since 1996. Consulting curator Handicapped Artists of Arizona, Phoenix, 1979.

Achievements

• Leslie Ann Williams has been listed as a noteworthy Art historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Bear in the Air

    (A small boy spends the day with a fantasy-bear whom he di...)

  • A bear in the air

Membership

President Arizona Women's Caucus for Art, Phoenix, 1978. Liaison officer McCluskey for Congress, Bloomington, Indiana, 1986. Member Medieval Academy Ireland, College Art Association, Victorian Institute, Midwest Victorian Studies Association, Midwestern Art History Society, Sixteenth Century Studies Association.

Interests

• Avocations: science fiction, classical music, cats.

Connections

Married William H.A. Williams, June 27, 1964. Children: Bill, Lavinia.

Father:

Edgar Daniel Leibensperger

Mother:

Merle Leslie (Williamson) Leibensperger

Spouse:

William H.A. Williams

child:

Bill Williams

child:

Lavinia Williams