Background
Onorato, Ronald Joseph was born on January 26, 1949 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Carl Michael and Lena Dorothy (Peluso) Onorato.
Onorato, Ronald Joseph was born on January 26, 1949 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Carl Michael and Lena Dorothy (Peluso) Onorato.
Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1970. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1977.
Assistant curator New York Cultural Center, New York City, 1973-1975. Curator Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 1975-1977. Director Main Gallery, University Rhode Island, Kingston, 1978-1981.
Senior curator La Jolla (California) Museum Contemporary Art, 1985-1988. Professor, chairman department art University Rhode Island, Kingston, since 1977. Visiting lecturer, Wheaton College, 1975-1977.
Lecturer Boston College, 1975. Adjunct professor Rhode Island School Design, Providence, since 1982. Member various National Endowment Arts panels, since 1978, National Advisory Board, Archives American Art, since 1984.
Trustee Russell Foundation, La Jolla, 1986-1988.
Member Tabula Plenum, Friday Club, Newport Reading Room.
Married Rosalie Linda Polsky, June 7, 1970 (divorced 1979). Married Jane Elizabeth Carey, June 21, 1984.