Background
Hadley, Rollin Van Nostrand was born on December 13, 1927 in Westboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Rollin Van Nostrand and Arabelle (McKinstry) Hadley.
Hadley, Rollin Van Nostrand was born on December 13, 1927 in Westboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Rollin Van Nostrand and Arabelle (McKinstry) Hadley.
Graduate, St. Mark's School, 1945; Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1950; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1981.
Reporter, Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) newspapers, 1950-1952; with, Corning Glass Works, 1952-1960; manager budgets, Corning Glass Works, 1957-1959; director, Corning Glass Works, 1957-1960; treasurer, director, Corning Glass International, 1959-1960; faculty, U. Bocconi, Milan, Italy, 1960-1962; administrator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 1963-1970; director, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 1970-1988; director, Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 1990-1992. Visiting scholar Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy, 1972.
Trustee emeritus Corning Museum Glass. President Save Venice, Inc., 1974-1986, chairman board directors, 1986-1988. Served with Army of the United States, 1946-1947.
Member of Grolier, Knickerbocker (New York City).
Married Jane Olmstead Houghton, November 1950 (divorced 1960). Married Shelagh Grace Pratt, September 23, 1961 (divorced 1989). Children: Susan Olmstead, Jane Houghton, Hope McKinstry, Peter Van Nostrand, James Broughton, Sarah Hamilton.