Ruthanne Chadwick Rogers

Background

Rogers, Ruthanne Chadwick was born on February 18, 1931 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Harry and Agnes (Scobie) Chadwick.

Education

AB, Mount Holyoke College, 1953. Master of Science, University Iowa, 1955.

Career

Teacher, Concord (Massachusetts) Academy, 1964-1967; teacher, The Brooks School, Concord, 1968-1974; director public health, Town of Concord, 1974-1977; alumni director, Bradford (Massachusetts) College, 1978-1981; director of communications, Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1981-1984; garden historian, consultant, president, Chadwick Rogers Inc., Ipswich, since 1984. Consultant Stevens-Coolidge Place, North Andover, Massachusetts, since 1988, Moffatt-Ladd Place, Portsmouth, N.H., since 1988. Teacher Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, since 1990.

Achievements

• Ruthanne Chadwick Rogers has been listed as a noteworthy Garden historian, consultant, conservationist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Appointed member Ipswich History Commission, 1978-1990. Member Ipswich Master Plan Commission, 1986-1988. Member Massachusetts Horticultural Society, New England Garden History Society (president), Trustees of Reservations (committee for Stevens-Coolidge Place and Crane Estate), Ipswich History Society, Ipswich Garden Club, Essex County Greenbelt, Massachusetts Audubon, Southern Garden History Society, Society Architectural Historians, Essex Institute, New Hampshire History Society, Arnold Arboretum.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, reading, gardening, photography.

Connections

Married William Irvine Rogers, August 28, 1954. Children: Geoffrey Chadwick, Christopher Scott.

Father:

Harry Chadwick

Mother:

Agnes (Scobie) Chadwick

Spouse:

William Irvine Rogers

child:

Christopher Scott Rogers

child:

Geoffrey Chadwick Rogers