Background
Shalkop, Robert Leroy was born on July 30, 1922 in Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Bertram Leroy and Dorothy Jane (Boardman) Shalkop.
Shalkop, Robert Leroy was born on July 30, 1922 in Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Bertram Leroy and Dorothy Jane (Boardman) Shalkop.
Student, Maryville (Tennessee) College, 1940-1942; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1949; postgraduate, Sorbonne, 1951-1952.
Director, Rahr Civic Center, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1953-1956; Director, Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1956-1962; Director, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, 1962-1964; associate director Colorado Springs (Colorado) Fine Arts Center, also curator, Taylor Museum, 1964-1971; director, Anchorage Museum History and Art, 1972-1987; private practice music consultant, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1987-1994; archaeologist, Smithsonian Institution, 1948, 50; archaeologist, American Foundation Study Man, 1951; archaeologist, U. Washington, 1953; archaeologist, State University Idaho, 1960.
(The Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Cente...)
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American Association Museums.
Married Antoinette Joan Benkowsky, December 7, 1963. 1 son, Andrew Goforth.