Lanmon, Dwight P., 1938-

"Nearly 30 years ago, Dwight P. Lanmon, Delaware '68M, left a
successful career in engineering to pursue a graduate degree in
early American culture at the University of Delaware-a switch
from the world of science into the world of art that evolved from
a childhood fascination with Native American artifacts.

In the 1960s, Lanmon was in Los Angeles-working during the
day as an engineer at the Northrop Corp. and taking, at night,
courses in art history, American history and the decorative arts.

'After six years, I said to myself, 'My job as an engineer
isn't sufficiently fulfilling',' Lanmon recalls. "What I was
enjoying was the hobby I had. I began to think about changing
careers."

"During the 1972 flood in the Corning valley, Dwight was working as a curator at the Winterthur Museum and was given two weeks off to help the team at Corning reopen the Museum. Bob Brill, then director of the Museum, invited Dwight to join the staff as chief curator and curator of European glass in 1973."