Background
Lawson-Johnston, Peter Orman was born on February 8, 1927 in New York City. Son of John R. and Barbara (Guggenheim) Lawson-Johnston.
( In Growing Up Guggenheim, Peter Lawson-Johnston, a Gugg...)
In Growing Up Guggenheim, Peter Lawson-Johnston, a Guggenheim himself, and the board president who oversaw the transformation of the renowned museum from a local New York institution to a global art venture, shares a personal memoir that includes intimate portraits of the five people principally responsible for the entire Guggenheim art legacy. In addition to first-hand biographical accounts of his grandfather Solomon Guggenheim (the museum's founder), his cousin Harry (Solomon's successor), and his famously rebellious cousin Peggy (whose magnificent Venice art collection he helped bring under New York Guggenheim management), the author tells the stories of long-time museum director Thomas Messer, who initiated the bold expansion of Frank Lloyd Wright's original museum building, and current director Thomas Krens, whose controversial tenure has featured such innovations as the Guggenheim's wildly successful first international outpost in Bilbao, Spain, and exhibits devoted to fashion and motorcycles. Lawson-Johnston also traces his own career, from his first job as sales manager of a remote feldspar mine, to his rapid ascent to the family summit, to his extension of the Guggenheim legacy in ways none of his predecessors could have envisioned. Despite his native and tangible humility, this evocative narrative makes clear Lawson-Johnston's indispensable role as the loyal steward of one of America?s most famous family enterprises.
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Lawson-Johnston, Peter Orman was born on February 8, 1927 in New York City. Son of John R. and Barbara (Guggenheim) Lawson-Johnston.
Reporter, yachting editor Baltimore Sun Papers, 1951-1953. Executive director Maryland. Classified Employees Association, Baltimore, 1953-1954.
Public information director Maryland.
Civil Defense Agency, Pikesville, 1954-1956. Sales manager Feldspar Corporation subsidiary Zemex Corporation (formerly Pacific Tin Consolidated), New York City, 1956-1960, vice president sales, 1961-1966, vice president, 1966-1972, chairman, 1972-1981, board directors, 1959.
Vice president Zemex Corporation, 1966-1972, vice chairman 1972-1975, president, 1975-1976, chairman, 1975, also board directors. Chairman Anglo Energy, Incorporated., 1973-1986.
Trustee Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (operating GuggenheimMus., New York City and Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy), 1964, vice president business administration, 1965-1969, president, 1969-1995, chairman, 1995.
Director Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, 1968, chairman, 1971. Partner Guggenheim Brothers, 1962-1970, senior partner, 1971. President, board directors Elgerbar Corporation.
Director.Coaxicom, Incorporated., 1997.
National Review Incorporated., director, Union Bank of Switzerland Private Investor Fund, Incorporated., Trustee The Lawrenceville School, 1977, president 1990-1997. Board directors Council for United States and Italy.
Trustee Saint Elmo Foundation, 1996. Member of advisory board Bayly Art Museum, 1997, chairman, 1997.
Reporter, yachting editor Baltimore Sun Papers, 1951-1953. Executive director Maryland Classified Employees Association, Baltimore, 1953-1954. Public information director Maryland Civil Defense Agency, Pikesville, 1954-1956.
Director Zemex Corporation, New York City, since 1960, vice president, 1966—1972, vice chairman, 1972—1975, president, 1975—1976, chairman, 1975—2003, also board directors. Director Feldspar Corporation, subsidiary of Zemex Corporation (formerly Pacific Tin Consolidated Corporation), 1959—2003, sales manager, 1956—1960, vice president sales, 1961—1966, vice president, 1966—1972, chairman, 1972—1981. Trustee Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1964, vice president business administration, 1965-1969, president, 1969-1995, chairman, 1995-1998, honorary chairman, since 1998.
President advisory board Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Director Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, since 1968, chairman, since 1971, Guggenheim Brothers, 1962-1970, senior partner, since 1971. Chairman Anglo Energy, Inc., 1973-1986.
President, board directors Elgerbar Corporation. Board directors National Review Inc.
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Trustee The Lawrenceville School, 1977-1999, trustee emeritus, since 1999, president, 1990-1997. Trustee St. Elmo Foundation, 1996-1905, trustee emeritus, since 2005. Member advisory board University Virginia Art Museum, since 1997, chairman, 1997-1905, chairman emeritus, since 2005.
With Army of the United States, 1945-1947. Member Pilgrims of the United States, Carolina Plantation Society, United States Srs. Golf Association, Edgartown Yacht Club, Edgartown Reading Room Club, Century Association, Links, Bedens Brook Club, Pretty Book Tennis Club, Seminole Golf Club, Jupiter Island Club, Brook Club (New York City), Yeamans Hall Club.
Married Dorothy Stevenson Hammond, September 30, 1950. Children: Wendy, Tania, Peter, Mary.