New trustees at Rockwell museum

STOCKBRIDGE – Norman Rockwell Museum has added some new blood to the ranks of their trustees. Dolf Berle, Louise Holland, Jorja-Ann P. Marsden and Daisy Rockwell were elected to three-year terms on the museum’s board of trustees.

The out-going trustees are Lillian Bender, Bruce Cole, Ph.D., Steven Hirsch and Cynthia Rockwell.

“We are delighted to welcome our new board members,” said Norman Rockwell Museum Trustee Chairman Thomas L. Pulling. “These talented individuals bring unique and valuable experience in business, academia, and community connections, history, and resources. Their knowledge and expertise will be invaluable as we strengthen our base and expand our reach to new generations. We also express sincere thanks to our off-going trustees, who have served the museum so well over the past few years.”

In addition to Mr. Pulling, the museum’s board of trustees officers include President Anne H. Morgan, First Vice President/Treasurer Perri Petricca, Second Vice President Mary K. Grant, Ph.D., and Clerk Peter Williams.

New trustees

Mr. Berle, of Dallas, Texas, is an experienced business executive in the hospitality and entertainment industries.

He currently serves as the president and chief operating officer of Dave and Buster’s, a national chain of entertainment complexes with 8,300 employees.

Mr. Berle is the son of Norman Rockwell Museum Trustee Emerita Lila W. Berle.

Ms. Holland, of Winnetka, Ill., is the president and chief executive officer of Abbell Credit Corporation and Abbell Associates, a 72-year old private real estate acquisition, development and management company. She previously served as a member of the Norman Rockwell Museum National Council for 10 years.

Ms. Marsden, of Stockbridge, is administrator for the Town of Stockbridge. She brings extensive knowledge of Norman Rockwell Museum, having served on the steering committee for the national campaign to build the new museum, as trustee from 1986-1991 and as a committee member for the museum’s 40th anniversary celebration.

Daisy Rockwell, of Bennington, Vt., is the daughter of Norman Rockwell’s oldest son, Jarvis Rockwell.

Ms. Rockwell continues her family’s artistic traditions as a painter, under the alias of Lapata (Urdu for “missing”), and her work has been shown everywhere from Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Ontario, Canada, and northern and southern California to The Berkshires. From 1992-2006, she made a detour into academia, earning a Ph.D. in South Asian literature from the School University of Chicago.

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