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Of the program's 340 graduates (as of 2006) nearly all remain conservation professionals. Program graduates hold significant positions in major museums and conservation facilities in the US and abroad, or have successful private practices. Many are active in professional organizations and often hold leadership positions.

The department does its best to keep this list current. Alumni, please contact the department if any updates or changes are necessary. You can fill out our Directory Update Form to mail or fax to the department with changes.

We also invite all alumni to visit the Buffalo-Cooperstown Alumni Union website for updates on reunions and pictures from past alumni and department events. Click here for a link to the BCAU Alumni Website.

*This alumni entries were last updated on 5/28/08.

 

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Art Conservation Department
Buffalo State College
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Buffalo, NY 14222-1095
Phone: 716.878.5025
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Email: artcon@buffalostate.edu
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Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Lauffenburger, Julie Associate Objects Conservator, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1989
Lawson, Dorothy Paper Conservator (retired), British Columbia, Canada, 1973
Lawson, Eric Objects Conservator (retired), British Columbia, Canada, 1973
Lawson, Margaret R. Associate Conservator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1981
Lee, Michael K. Director of Conservation, Head Paper and Photograph Conservator, Etherington Conservation Center, Greensboro, NC, 1985
Lee, Yoonjo Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
Leto Fulton, Elizabeth Boston, MA, 1994
Lignelli, Teresa A. Associate Conservator of Paintings, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1987
Linn, Debbie Paper Conservator, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 2000
Lubick, Amy Mt. Airy, MD, 1998
Luk, Cynthia Associate Conservator of Paintings, Williamstown Art Conservation Center, Williamstown, MA, 1985
Lussier, Stephanie Paper Conservator, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Luzeckyj, Tamara

Gettysburg, PA , 1999


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Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Machovec-Smith, Kimberly Objects Conservator, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2004
Mack, Abigail Objects Conservator, Private Practice, Red Hook, NY, 1994
Maish, Jeffrey P. Assistant Conservator, Antiquities Conservation, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 1987
Mangum, Barbara Objects Conservator, Private Practice, Somerville, MA, 1983
March, Tina Conservator, National Museum of the American Indian, Brooklyn, NY, 2001
Marti, Marianne Russell President, Russell-Marti Conservation Services, Inc., California, MO, 1987
May, Katherine Stuart Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1997
Maynor, Catherine I. Paper Conservator, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., 1983
McClintock, Emily Nord Paintings Conservator, Cambridge, MA, 1980
McClintock, Thomas K. Paper Conservator, Proprietor, Studio TKM Ltd., Somerville, MA, 1980
McElroy, Sara Conservator, Austin, TX, 1982
McGiffin, Robert F. Objects Conservator and co-owner, Antique Rehabilitation Studio, Palmdale, CA, 1976
McMahon, Conor Santa Fe, NM, 2004
Mear, Cecile Davis Conservator, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, 1990
Merritt, Scott H. Collections Manager, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Bronx, NY, 1990
Merz-Le, Liisa Paintings Conservator, Avon, IN, 1995
Messier, Paul Photograph Conservator, Proprietor, Boston Art Conservation, Boston, MA, 1990
Meyer, Amy Paintings Conservator, New Freedom, PA, 1999
Miller, David A. Senior Paintings Conservator, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 1977
Minault, Dee Paintings Conservator, Co-Proprietor, Cumberland Art Conservation, Nashville, TN, 1978
Modestini, Dianne Dwyer Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, New York, NY, 1973
Mohr, Pauline Conservator of Paintings, Private Practice, Berkeley, CA, 1975
Molnar, Cindy Lou Paintings Conservator, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1981
Montague, Meredith Associate Conservator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Textile and Costume Conservation, Boston, MA, 1991
Morris, Kenneth Senior Product Manager, Mobil Chemical Co., Pittsford, NY, 1976
Morris, Patricia Paper Conservator, Private Practice, Santa Fe, NM, 1980
Mullins, L. Cleo Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, Richmond Conservation Studio, Richmond, VA, 1974
Munzenrider, Claire Chief Conservator, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, 1979
Murphy, Erin Mellon Fellow in Conservation, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 2001
Myers, Teresa S. Private Practice, Sebec, ME, 2002

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Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Nash, Susan A. Paper Conservator, Private Practice, Shepherdstown, WV, 1973
Neiro, Michaela Z. Assistant Conservator, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Portsmouth, NH, 2000
Neuman, Ingrid A. Objects Conservator, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, 1987
Neumann, Antje Private Practice, Objects Conservation, Baltimore, MD, 1999
Newman, Walter E. Paper Conservator, Northeast Document Conservation Center, Andover, MA, 1978
Nichols, Kimberly Paper Conservator, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1999
Nieuwenhuizen, Linda S. Objects Conservator, Proprietor, Give Me a Break Conservation Services, Inc., Long Island City, NY, 1990
Nishio, Yoshiyuki Conservator of Asian Paintings, Proprietor, Nishio Conservation Studio, Washington, D.C., 1978
Nolley, Scott W. Chief Conservator, Fine Arts Conservation of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1996
O'Brien, Emily Contract Conservator, Akron, OH, 2003
O'Connell, Anthony Paintings, 1975
O'Connor, Anne Paintings Conservator, Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS) Fellow, Mill River, MA, 2000
Ocon, Noelle Assistant Paintings Conservator, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, 1996
Ogino, Yasuko Atlanta Art Conservation Center, Atlanta, GA, 2000
Otterson, Nathan P. Objects Conservator, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 1998
Owen, Antoinette Paper Conservator, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, 1977

P/Q
Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Pace, Laurence A Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, Pace Art Conservation Enterprises, Honolulu, HI, 1981
Page, Arthur H. Chief Conservator, Proprietor, Page Conservation, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1982
Parker, Julie Objects Conservator, Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center, Omaha, NE, 2007
Parkin, Helen Mar Paintings Conservator, Private Practice, Dallas, TX, 1974
Paul, Ewa M. Contract Conservator, Washington DC, 2002
Pavitt, Rebecca Billings Paper /Textiles Conservator, Vancouver, Canada, 1987
Peckham, Susan Paper Conservator, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1999
Penn, Suzanne Paintings Conservator, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1981
Penniman, Rachel Post-Graduate Intern, Shelburne Museum, VT, 2007
Perkins, Beverly N. Objects Conservator, Proprietor, Art Conservation of Los Angeles, Murrieta, CA, 1986
Poiss, Isleen Susan Guilford, ME, 1997
Porter, Mary Kay Photograph Conservator, Consultant, Milford, CT, 1978
Portué, Thomas Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, Art Resurgence, San Francisco, CA, 1979
Posner, Katrina Post-Graduate Fellow, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
Potoff, Leni Paintings Conservator, Private Practice, L.P. Inc., Brooklyn, NY, 1977
Primeau, Thomas J. Paper Conservator, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1996
Proctor, Robert G.

Paintings Conservator, Co-Proprietor, Whitten & Proctor Fine Art Conservation, Houston, TX, 1992


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Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Raphael, Bettina Objects Conservator, Proprietor, Southwest Conservation Lab, Sante Fe, NM, 1973
Reading, Paulette Objects Conservator, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, 2004
Reid, Julie Paintings Conservator, Balboa Art Conservation Center, San Diego, CA, 2002
Remba, Alina Conservator, de Young Museum & San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1995
Reutter, Laura A. Private Practice in Objects and Tilemaker - Ravenstone Tiles, Port Townsend, WA, 1989
Riccardelli, Carolyn Assistant Conservator in Objects Conservation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2001
Richwine, Beth A. Supervisory Conservator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1988
Rieniets, Judith Ann Proprietor, Judith Rieniets Fine Arts Conservation, Petaluma, CA, 1976
Rogala, Dawn Smithsonian Institution postgraduate fellow, Conservation of Museum Collections Program, Museum Conservation Institute and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2006
Rogers, Catherine G. Paintings Conservator, Private Practice, Charleston, SC, 1989
Rosenthal, Anne Conservator, Proprietor, Fine Art Conservation, San Rafael, CA, 1977
Rosston, Jean F. Conservator, Kunsthaus Zürich Restaurierung, Zürich, Switzerland, 1982
Roth, Kendra E. Associate Conservator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, New York, NY, 1996
Ruggles, Janet E. Director, Balboa Art Conservation Center, San Diego, CA, 1976
Rupprecht, Annette

Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, Fine Art Conservation, New York, NY, 1988


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Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Savant, Michelle Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., 2003
Schafer, Mary Assistant Paintings Conservator, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2003
Schell, Laura Paper Conservator, Private Practice, Buffalo, NY, 1997
Schmalz, Susan Renate Textile Conservator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA, 1996
Schussler, Susan Objects Conservator, New York, NY, 1980
Scott, John C. Jr. Objects Conservator, Proprietor, New York Conservation Center, Inc., New York, NY, 1984
Sebera, Mary Senior Conservator, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1982
Seborg, Susie Objects Conservator, Private Practice, Baton Rouge, LA, 2006
Seibel, Deborah Paper, 1978
Selden, Debra Kay Conservator for Paintings and Murals, Private Practice, Ossining, NY, 1986
Senge, Dana Objects Conservator, Private Practice, Seattle, WA, 2006
Sheesley, Samantha Conservation Fellow, The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
Sherin, Richard W. Director of Conservation, Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, NY, 1980
Shields, Tracey Intel Museum, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, 1993
Shpargel, Sara K. Photo Conservator, National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, DC, 2001
Shutts, Larry Conservator, Page Conservation, Inc., Washington, D.C., 2003
Simek, Julie A. Paintings Conservator, Crystal Lake, IL, 2001
Skiles, Pamela Los Angeles, CA, 2003
Skopek, Matthew Paintings Conservator, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 2003
Smith Maurer, Catherine Paintings Conservator, Harvard University Art Museums and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Jamaica Plain, MA, 2001
Smith, Theresa Fellow, Paper Conservation, Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2006
Snyder, Thomas A. Proprieter, Williamsburg Art Conservation, Inc., Williamsburg, VA, 2002
Spicer, L. Gwen Textile Conservator, Private Practice, Delmar, NY 1991
Squires, James R. Atlanta Art Conservation Center, Atlanta, GA, 1999
Stahler-Sholk, Barbara Paper, 1984
Staneff, Laura Downey Paper Conservator / Proprieter, Silverpoint Art Conservation, Nederland, CO, 1994
Stanton, Moyna Paper Conservator, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1992
Stauderman, Sarah D. Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Archives, Washington, D.C., 1997
Steele, Elizabeth Associate Conservator, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1984
Steele, John Objects Conservator, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, 1990
Sterrett, Jill Paper Conservator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1986
Stevenson, Mark Paper Conservator, Private Practice, Kansas City, MO, 1988
Stiber Morenus, Linda Senior Paper Conservator, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1986
Stockman, Denise Paper Conservator, The Morgan Library, New York, NY, 2004
Stow, Cynthia Paintings Conservator, Co-Proprietor, Cumberland Art Conservation, Nashville, TN, 1974
Strickler, Gerri Ann Objects Conservator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1999
Studt, Mary E. Private Practice and Paper Conservator, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education (SCMRE), Richmond, VA, 1996
Suffield, Bruce Hardin Assistant Conservator of Paintings, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1992
Sullivan, Maria E., Conservator, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1995
Svoboda, Marie E. Antiquities Conservation, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1994
Swan, Christopher M. Conservation Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA, 1995
Swicklik, Michael

Senior Conservator of Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 1982


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Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Tafilowski, Diane Photograph Conservator, Boston Art Conservation, Boston, MA, 1997
Tahk, F. Christopher Director (Retired), SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Buffalo State College, Art Conservation Department, Buffalo, NY, 1975
Talbott, Robin R. Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, Conservation of Fine Arts, Rockville, MD, 1983
Talland, Valentine H. Associate Conservator in Charge of Objects Conservation, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 1988
Thomas, Gregory A. Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, Art Care, Rockport, TX, 1976
Thompson, Joel L. Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA, 2000
Thornton, Jonathan Professor, Buffalo State College, Art Conservation Department, Buffalo, NY, 1980
Tillapaugh, Ellen Riggs Paper Conservator, Proprietor, Tillapaugh Art Conservation, Cooperstown, NY, 1984
Trela, Richard J. Director, Conservation Center, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX, 1978
Tucker, Linda K. Paintings Conservator, Private Practice, Belmont, MA, 1976
Tucker, Mark

Conservator, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1981


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Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Uhl, Deborah Conservator in Private Practice, Omaha, NE, 2005
Ullmann, Laurence Paintings Conservator, Private Practice, Takoma Park, MD, 1991
Untch, Katharine A. Architectural Resources Group, San Francisco, CA, 1990
Uram, Craig Advanced-Level Intern, Objects Conservation, Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2005
Vallano, James M. Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, JMV Art Conservation, Inc., Frederick, MD, 1989
van Gelder, Mark E. Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, Art Conservation Services of Austin, Austin, TX, 1988
Varga, Lauren Photograph Conservator, Paul Messier, LLC, Boston, MA, 2007
Vitagliano, John Project Conservator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 1993
Voellinger Shockey, Theresa A. Paper Conservator, Harpers Ferry Center, Harpers Ferry, WV, 1999
von Möller, Marie R.

Head of Conservation, Bergen Museum of Art, Bergen, Norway, 1989


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Name Current Employment & Graduation Year
Wager, Ann San Luis Obispo, CA, 1973 (Retired)
Wald, Robert Paintings Conservator, Restauration Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, 1990
Wallace, Frederick Senior Conservator, The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA, 1991
Walmsley, Elizabeth Conservator for Systematic Catalogue, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988
Walsh, Judith C. Associate Professor, Paper Conservation, Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State College, 1977
Wanke, Constance R. Paper Conservator and Proprieter, Colorado Conservation Center, Denver, CO, 1976
Warda, Jeffrey Assistant Conservator of Paper, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 2005
Watkins, Stephanie B. Head of Paper, Photo, and Book Laboratory, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1990
Wetzel, Rachel Photograph Conservator, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
Wharton, Glenn Objects Conservator, Co-Proprietor, Glenn Wharton & Associates, and Research Scholar, New York University Institute of Fine Arts, Museum Studies, New York, NY, 1981
Whitten, Jill Paintings Conservator, Co-Proprietor, Whitten & Proctor Fine Art Conservation, Houston, TX, 1992
Wiegandt, Ralph Assistant Director for Conservation Education, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, 1987
Williams, Catherine Objects Conservator/Proprietor, Silver Lining Art Conservation, LLC, Austin, TX, 2001
Wilson, Susan Private Practice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1974
Witkowski, Linda A. Conservator, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 1984
Wojcik, Barbara Conservator of Paintings, Private Practice, Longmeadow, MA, 1992
Wolfe, Julie Objects Conservator, J. Paul Getty Museum, Decorative Arts Conservation, Los Angeles, CA, 1997
Worhach, Marlene L. Paintings Conservator, Private Practice, Croften, MD, 1990
Wozniak, Rhonda Objects Conservator/Proprietor, Objects Conservator, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993
Wright, James M. Paintings Conservator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1983
Wright, Joan London Paper Conservator, Museum of Fine Arts, Asiatic Conservation, Boston, MA, 1984
Wrubel, Faye Paintings Conservator, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1978
Young, Pamela J. Paper Conservator, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA, 1979
Yusi, Lyn Paintings Conservator, Private Practice, Quezon City, Manilla, 2005
Zuccari, Frank M. Executive Director of Conservation, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1975
Zucker, Joyce

Conservator, New York State Bureau of Historic Sites, Waterford, NY, 1973

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