Richard Merchant Carp

Background

Carp, Richard Merchant was born on June 10, 1949 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Abraham and Frances (Merchant) Carp.

Education

Bachelor, Stanford University, 1971; Master of Arts, Pacific School Religion, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Theological Union, 1981.

Career

Youth director, St. Mark Episcopal Church, Berkeley, California, 1981-1984; program director, United Methodist Junior High Church Camp, Northern California, 1985-1987; director, editor, Image Bank for Teaching World Religions, Harvard University, since 1988; vice president academic affairs, Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago, 1989-1991; chair School of Art, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb, since 1991. Board advisors television course WGBH, Boston, 1989-1992. Co-director summer institute National Endowment for Humanities, 1993.

Achievements

• Richard Merchant Carp has been listed as a noteworthy Educational administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Council for Arts in Palo Alto (California) and Mid-Peninsula Area, 1976-1977, Theatre Community Center of Bay Area, San Francisco, 1979-1984. Artistic director Bureau Western Mythology, San Francisco Bay area, 1977-1988. President, art director Arts in Process, Berkeley, 1986-1988.

Member American Academy Religion, Association for Integrative Studies (board directors 1992-1996), College Art Association, Semiotic Society American, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Jana Elizabeth Carp, November 6,1985. Children: James, Dylan.

Father:

Abraham Carp

Mother:

Frances (Merchant) Carp

Spouse:

Jana Elizabeth Carp

child:

Dylan Carp

child:

James Carp