Background
Carney, Richard Edgar was born on December 11, 1923 in Marshall, Texas, United States. Son of Edgar Lester and Lillian (Sansom) Carney.
Carney, Richard Edgar was born on December 11, 1923 in Marshall, Texas, United States. Son of Edgar Lester and Lillian (Sansom) Carney.
Student, Culver-Stockton College, 1942, 46; student, Washington University, St. Louis, 1946-1948; Taliesin fellow, Spring Green, Wisconsin and Scottsdale, Arizona, 1948-1955.
Aide to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1952-1959;
assistant to secretary-treasurer, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, 1959-1962;
executive assistant to president, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, 1962-1985;
treasurer, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, 1962-1995;
managing trustee, ceo, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, 1985-1996;
chairman, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona, since 1996. Director admissions, student advisor Frank Lloyd Wright School Architecture, Scottsdale, since 1962, board directors Taliesin Architects, Scottsdale, since 1962, treasurer since 1962. Exhibition committee Scottsdale Center for Arts, 1985-1991.
Member Governor's Commision on Taliesin, State of Wisconsin, 1988-1989. Organizer, board directors Taliesin Preservation Commission, Spring Green, since 1990. President, since 1991.
Trustee Unity Chapel, Inc., Spring Green, since 1980. Member Task Force on Higher Education, Scottsdale, 1991-1992. Trustee Arizona Vision Weavers, Phoenix, since 1994.
T/Sergeant United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Married Adrienne McAndrews, 1973 (divorced 1981).