Background
Baer, Norbert Sebastian was born on June 6, 1938 in Brooklyn. Son of William Frederick and Maria (Berger) Baer.
chemist Art conservation educator
Baer, Norbert Sebastian was born on June 6, 1938 in Brooklyn. Son of William Frederick and Maria (Berger) Baer.
Bachelor of Science, Brooklyn College, 1959; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1969.
Researcher, Time Inc., 1963-1964;
lecturer, Queensborough Community College, 1967;
assistant professor, Queensborough Community College, 1968;
instructor Conservation Center, Institute Fine Arts,, New York University, 1969;
assistant professor, New York University, 1970-1975;
associate professor, New York University, 1975-1978;
professor, New York University, 1978-1986;
Hagop Kevorkian professor conservation, New York University, since 1986;
co-department chairman, New York University, 1975-1983;
acting department chairman, New York University, 1986;
acting director administration Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1978-1979. Member Executive Committee National Conservation Advisory Council, 1972-1979, chairman education andtng. committee, 1972-1979, member library and archives committee 1975-1979. Chairman ad hoc visiting committee Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, 1977-1978.
Chairman United States steering committee North Atlantic Treaty Organization/CCMS Monuments Preservation Pilot Study, 1978-1986. Chairman advising committee on preservation National Arhives and Records Svc., since 1980. Member visiting committee department objects conservation Metropolitan Museum Art, since 1978, chairman, 1985-1990.
Chairman review panel programs on dry depositionand materials effects Environmental Protection Agency, 1985. United States coordinator conservation workshops Indo-United States Subcommn. on Edition and Cultures, since 1978. Member book preservation technologies advisory panel Office of Technology Assessment, 1987-1988.
Member International Common for the Sistine Chapel, since 1987. Co-chairman Dahlem Workshop, since 1995.
Fellow American Institute Chemists, International Institute Conservation. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences (member national materials advisory board 1986-1993, chairman committee on conservation of historic stone buildings and monuments 1980-1982, technical adviser committee on preservation of history records, 1985-1986, committee on natural disasters, 1988-1992, committee next generation currency design, 1992-1993, chairman committee currency features for visually impaired, 1994-1995, report review coordinators panel of commission on engineering and technical system since 1995, committee unconventional concrete technologies for renewal of the infrastructure since 1995), American Chemical Society, Coblentz Society,Instrument Society of America (senior ), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Janet Lucy Depold, June 20, 1959. Children: Diana Maria, Norbert Sebastian.