William Thomas Chase, III

Background

III, William Thomas Chase, was born on May 31, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Thomas and Rhoda Louise (Young) C.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1962; Master of Arts, New York University, 1967.

Career

Summer intern, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1962, 63; conservator, Nemrud Dagh Excavations, Turkey, 1964; intern technical laboratory, Freer Gallery Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1965; assistant conservator, Freer Gallery Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1966-1968; head conservator, Freer Gallery Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1968-1990; head conservator Department Conservation and Science.Rsch., Freer Gallery Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, since 1990; Chester Dale fellow department conservation, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1966; scholar, Hebrew Technology Institute at New York University, New York City, 1963, 64; member archaeology delegate, People's Republic of China, 1973; member archaeometallurgy delegate, 1981; alternate to representative of Smithsonian Institution to, National Conservation Advisory Council chairman by-laws committee, National Conservation Advisory Council, 1974-1977; chairman, Smithsonian Council of Conservators, 1978-1985. Chairman study group on care of works of art in traveling exhibitions, music interchange subcommittee United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Ednl. Interchange.

Achievements

• William Thomas Chase III has been listed as a noteworthy Museum conservator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow International Institute for Conservation History, Artistic Works (council 1974-1983, editor Art and Archaeology Technology Abstracts since 1976), American Institute Conservation. Member Washington Conservation Guild (president 1970), History Metallurgy Society.

Connections

Married Linda Wishart Smith, September 1, 1962. Children: Katharine Louise, Samuel Jewett, Ellen Wishart.

Father:

William Thomas C.

Mother:

Rhoda Louise (Young) C.

Spouse:

Linda Wishart Smith

child:

Samuel Jewett III

child:

Ellen Wishart III

child:

Katharine Louise III