Richard Lowell Dunlap

Background

Dunlap, Richard Lowell was born on August 7, 1950 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Robert Lindzay and Lenora (Willis) Dunlap.

Education

Bachelor of Music, Southern Methodist University, 1972. Master of Fine Arts, Southern Methodist University, 1974.

Career

Arts program director, Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council, Oklahoma City, 1973-1975; associate faculty, Oklahoma City U., 1975; deputy director, Michigan Council For the Arts, Detroit, 1975-1991; deputy director, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Detroit, 1991-1995; program officer, The Kresge Foundation, Troy, Michigan, since 1995. Music director, organist Plumbrook Baptist Church, Sterling Heights, Michigan, 1977-1986, Presbyterian Church of Utica, Sterling Heights, since 1989.

Achievements

• Richard Lowell Dunlap has been listed as a noteworthy foundation administrator, church organist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors American Baptist Churches of Southeast Michigan, Detroit, 1984-1986, Great Lakes Arts Alliance, Cleveland, 1985-1986, Arts Midwest, Minneapolis, 1985-1987. Panelist National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 1987-1993. Member advisory boards Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, 1987-1995.

Elder, clerk of session Presbyterian Church of Utica, Sterling Heights, Michigan, 1988-1993. Board directors Concerned Citizens for the Arts in Michigan, Detroit, since 1995. Trustee The Art Center, Mount Clemens, Michigan, since 1995.

Member Sterling Heights Cultural Commission, since 1996. Panelist New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 1996. Member citizens advisory council Detroit Department of Cultural Affairs, since 1996.

Connections

Married Dianne Jeter, June 30, 1973. Children: Stephen Richard, Ryan Lowell, David Michael.

Father:

Robert Lindzay Dunlap

Mother:

Lenora (Willis) Dunlap

Spouse:

Dianne Jeter

child:

David Michael Dunlap

child:

Stephen Richard Dunlap

child:

Ryan Lowell Dunlap