Robert Shelley Blount, III

Background

III, Robert Shelley Blount, was born on August 14, 1946 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Shelley Blount Junior and Lorraine Miller Blount.

Education

Bachelor of Design, University Florida, 1969. Master of Arts, Florida State University, 1993.

Career

Creative director Cinegraphics Media Group, Gainesville, Florida, 1969—1973. Museum administrator Florida Museum Natural History, 1973—1987. Executive director Florida Agricultural Museum, Tallahassee, 1987—1993, Georgia Music Hall Fame, Macon, 1993—2000.

President, Chief Executive Officer Martin County History Society, Stuart, Florida, 2000—2002, Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa, since 2002. Principal Blount & Company, Gainesville, 1973—1987. Director Macon Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1993—2000.

Achievements

• Robert Shelley Blount, III has been listed as a noteworthy museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member River Walk Planners, Tampa, since 2005, Cultural Arts Executives, since 2002. Board directors Douglass Theater, Macon, 1996—2000. Member of American Association State & Local History, American Association Museum, Music Museum Alliance (founding director, vice president since 1998).

Interests

• Fishing, boating, bicycling.

Connections

Married Andrea Gale Hardy, August 25, 1968.

Father:

Robert Shelley Blount Junior

Mother:

Lorraine Miller Blount

Spouse:

Andrea Gale Hardy