Background
Kohler, Ruth DeYoung was born on October 24, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Herbert Vollrath and Ruth Miriam (DeYoung) Kohler.
Kohler, Ruth DeYoung was born on October 24, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Herbert Vollrath and Ruth Miriam (DeYoung) Kohler.
Educated Smith College, U. Hamburg (Germany), Kunsthochschule, Hamburg, University of Wisconsin.
Instructor in fine arts U. Alberta (Canada), Calgary, 1964-1966. Assistant director John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1968-1971, director, 1972. Chairman Wisconsin Arts Board, 1974-1977.
Member museum advisory panel, crafts panel National Endowment for Arts.
Director, member Kohler Foundation, Incorporated. Member Wisconsin American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
Member National Crafts Planning Board, advisory board Spaces, Los Angeles, 1990. Honorary member county National Council Education for Ceramic Arts.
Honorary member board James Renwick Alliance, Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
Honorary member College.
Trustee, fellow Beloit College. Trustee Lake Forest Academy. Juror, speaker and consultant in field.
Fellow: American Crafts Council.