biography of Katharine BENEKER (1909-?)

Birth place: Brooklyn, NY

Addresses: NYC; Cape Cod, MA

Profession: Museologist, exhibition designer, painter

Studied: PMSchIA; Mass. Sch. A., and with Richard Miller, Charles W. Hawthorne.

Exhibited: AWCS, 1942-1945; NAWA, 1943, 1944; Provincetown AA, 1938-1941.

Member: AAMus.

Comments: Position: t., Brewster, Mass., 1932-34-36; Supv. Exh., Am. Mus. Natural Hist.NYC, 1940-52, hd. dept., Preparation & Exhibition, 1952-1954; exh. coordinator, 1954-1955; asst. to chm. of Exhibition & Graphic Arts, 1955-.

Sources: WW66; WW47.