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NEMA Executive Director Dan Yaegar (left) presents David Lee Colglazier of Londonderry, NH, with the 2015 NEMA Excellence Award during a ceremony on November 6, 2015
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David Lee Colglazier of Londonderry, NH, has won the 2015
NEMA Excellence Award for museum practice.
David’s varied work in the field of historic preservation makes him very
deserving of this prestigious award.
David Lee Colglazier, former conservator at Old Sturbridge
Village and museum consultant, won an Excellence Award for his dedication and
involvement in the New England museum community. In his more than forty years’
in the field Colglazier has held numerous positions including a reviewer of the
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Conservation Support grants,
Co‐Chair of the NEMA Conservators’ Professional Affinity Group, Londonderry
Historical Society trustee, and an advocate for historic preservation. As part
of the Londonderry Heritage Commission, Colglazier recently sponsored a bill in
the New Hampshire legislature that would provide a tax credit to homeowners who
restore or preserve historic houses.
ʺThis award is a testament to David’s passion, commitment,
and vision in his work for and with New England’s museums. His work makes us
better as a community of museum professionals and as a field,” said NEMA Executive
Director Dan Yaeger in announcing the honor. “We are proud to acknowledge the
accomplishments as an outstanding example of leadership and service to our
museum colleagues, visitors, and partners.”
The NEMA Excellence Award competition recognizes individual
members for excellence in museum practice, whether they’re behind‐the‐scenes or
on the front lines, the unsung heroes or the superstars. Nominated by their peers,
nominees represent a range of a worthy practices, acts of outreach, kind deeds,
and sustained commitments to going above and beyond, regardless of job
description. Winners were recognized at the 97th Annual NEMA
Conference in Portland, Maine, November 6, 2015.
NEMA inspires and connects people engaged with the museum
field, i provides tools for innovative leadership, and empowers museums to
sustain themselves as essential to their communities. For nearly 100 years, the
New England Museum Association has been the only organization in New England
serving museums of all sizes and the dedicated people who work for and with
them.
To learn more about the New England Museum Association, go
to www.nemanet.org.
NEMA Executive Director Dan Yaegar (left)
presents David Lee Colglazier of Londonderry, NH, with the 2015 NEMA Excellence
Award during a ceremony on November 6, 2015
New England Museum Association
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Arlington, MA 02476
781-641-0013
www.nemanet.org
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