Background
Chew, Paul Albert was born on April 22, 1925 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hiltner and Gertrude Edith (Hollis) Chew.
Chew, Paul Albert was born on April 22, 1925 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hiltner and Gertrude Edith (Hollis) Chew.
Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1950. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Manchester, England, 1957.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1981. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Seton Hill College, 1984.
Assistant to director Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1952-1953. Executive assistant to director circulating exhibitions Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1953-1954. Lecturer department art and archaeology, director university exhibitions Washington University, St. Louis, 1954-1955.
Director Westmoreland Museum Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, from 1957. Lecturer fine arts University Pittsburgh, Greensburg, since 1963. Guest curator exhibitions Pennsylvania Governor's Home, Harrisburg, 1979-1982, member advisory committee decorative and fine arts furnishings, 1979-1986.
Secretary board trustees Woods-Marchland Foundation, Greensburg. Member visual arts advisory panel Pennsylvania Council on Arts, Harrisburg, 1975. Member executive committee Friends of Art for Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Member selection committee Thomas Lynch Lecture Fund, since 1983. Board advisors Threshold on the Twenty-first Century, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, since 1983, Greensburg Area Cultural Council, since 1987, Greater Pittsburgh Museum Council, 1986—board directors Pennsylvania Federation Museum & History Organizations. Member us. Assistance Grants REv.
Panel, 1990-1991, Pennsylvania History & Museum Commission.
With United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member American Association Museum, College Art Association, National Trust History Preservation, Rotary (Paul Harris fellow 1991).