Marilyn Kemp Weidner

Background

Weidner, Marilyn Kemp was born on January 10, 1928 in Floral Park, New York, United States. Daughter of Arthur Thomas and Winifred May (Simpson) Kemp.

Education

Graduate Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1959-1962, Freer Gallery Art, Washington, 1962-1963, University Pennsylvania, 1962-1966.

Career

Assistant registrar Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1951-1956. Registrar Brooklyn Museum, 1956-1958. Adjunct professor State University of New York-Oneonta and Cooperstown, 1971-1974.

Assistant conservator Philadelphia Museum, 1958-1960.

Founder, director Conservation Center, Philadelphia, 1977-1984. Principal Conservation of Art on Paper, Philadelphia, 1960-1979, 84–.

Adjunct conservator The Art Museum Princeton University, since 1986.

Achievements

• Marilyn Kemp Weidner has been listed as a noteworthy works of art conservator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Hill Civic Association Grantee National Education Association, Andrew West. Mellon Foundation, 1979, William Penn Foundation, 1979, Mabel Pew Myrin Trust, 1979, National Museum Acting Smithsonian Institution, 1986. Fellow International Institute Conservation, American Institute Conservation (numerous committees). Member American Association of University Women, National Institute Conservation (board directors 1985-1988), American Association Museum (advisory panel), Mid-Atlantic Association Museum (member advisory committee, chair collections and care training program 1987-1994), Institute Paper Conservation, Museum Council Philadelphia, Museum Council Philadelphia and Delaware Valley (board directors since 1994).

Interests

• Swimming, camping, knitting.

Connections

Married Roswell Theodore Weidner, December 1, 1957. Children: Roslyn Weidner Nilson, Janice Kemp.

Father:

Arthur Thomas Kemp

Mother:

Winifred May (Simpson) Kemp

Spouse:

Roswell Theodore Weidner

child:

Janice Kemp Weidner

child:

Roslyn Weidner Nilson Weidner