Deborah Wender retires

Deborah Wender, the Northeast Document Conservation Center's
Director of Book Conservation, is retiring in April 2011 after a 30
year career in book binding and book conservation.

Under Deb Wender's direction, the NEDCC book conservation department
has become one of the most highly respected laboratories for book
conservation in the United States. Deb has advised countless clients
on the care and handling of books, and her one-day workshops on
caring for scrapbooks were always sold out. Many young book
conservators have received internship training under her guidance,
and she has fostered a dedication to excellence among all her book
lab staff members.

Over the years, Deb Wender has supervised the treatment of many of
the nation's most significant historical artifacts, including
journals carried on the Lewis and Clark expeditions; Washington's
inaugural Bible; a large group of fire-damaged sacred incunables;
travel albums created by Isabella Stewart Gardner; the Custis Atlas
and a seventeenth century Yorktown ledger belonging to Colonial
Williamsburg; a photograph album of Julia Margaret Cameron; and Babe
Ruth, Alfred Stieglitz, Woody Guthrie, and Greer Garson scrapbooks.

We at NEDCC will miss her expertise, her commitment, and her great
sense of humor. We wish her the very best for a well-deserved
retirement.

The Northeast Document Conservation Center will undertake a search
for an experienced conservation professional to assume leadership of
the book conservation laboratory. The Director of Book Conservation
leads and manages a staff of professional book conservators, confers
with clients to evaluate their collections and develop appropriate
treatment proposals, and works closely with the Center's other
department heads on joint projects.

For the complete job announcement see
<URL:http://www.nedcc.org/about/news.bookdirector.php>

Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover, Massachusetts 01810
978-470-1010


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