Background
Verner, William Kemble was born on June 23, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Jacques Junior and Helen Lucretia (Kirk) Verner.
Verner, William Kemble was born on June 23, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Jacques Junior and Helen Lucretia (Kirk) Verner.
AB with high honours, Princeton University, 1957; student, Oxford (England) University, 1956.
Administrative assistant, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 1962-1965; research assistant, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 1965-1968; curator of research, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 1968-1972; curator, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 1972-1979; consultant on humanities, XIII Olympic Winter Games, Lake Placid, New York, 1979-1980; consultant director, Olympic and Winter Sports Museum, Lake Placid, New York, 1980-1981; president, Adirondack Mountain School, Long Lake, New York, 1975-1984; editor, Adirondack Life magazine, Syracuse, New York, 1984; director, Schenectady (New York) Museum, since 1985. Consultant in field, New York, from 1980. Program consultant station WCFE-television, Plattsburgh, New York, from 1984.
Chairman Citizens' Advisory Task Force on Open Space, Adirondack Park Agency, Ray Brook, New York, 1978-1980. Trustee Association Protection Adirondacks, Schenectady, from 1986, Federation History Services, Troy, New York, from 1987. Served with United States Army, 1957-1960.
Member of New York State History Association (lecturer 1985).
Married Abbie Lathrop Sunde, April 28, 1962. Children: Victoria Sunde, Alexandra Kirk.