Institute of Jazz Studies - Officers and Staff

Officers and Staff

• Marshall Stearns, Founder, President and Executive Director, and member of board of directors (1949–1966)

• John Hammond, Vice-President and member of board of directors (1952-?)

• Rudi Blesh, Secretary and member of board of directors (1952-?)

• Eugene M. Kline, Treasurer (1952-?)

• Sterling Allen Brown, member of board of directors (1952-?)

• Henry Cowell, member of board of directors (1952-?)

• Thomas Shaw Hale, member of board of directors (1952-?)

• S. I. Hayakawa, member of board of directors (1952-?)

• Tremaine McDowell, member of board of directors (1952-?)

• Richard A. Waterman, member of board of directors (1952-?)

• George Avakian, Planning Committee member (1952-?)

• Wilder Hobson, Planning Committee member (1952-?)

• Frederick Ramsey, Jr., Planning Committee member (1952-)

• Ross Russell, Planning Committee member (1952-)

• Charles Edward Smith, Planning Committee member (1952-)

• Robert Reisner, Curator (1952-?)

• Sheldon Harris, Curator

• Charles Nanry, Administrator (1966–1972)

• Vladimir Simosko, Curator (1968–1971)

• Chris White, Executive Director (1972–1976)

• Richard Seidel, Curator (197?)

• Thomas Spence, Discographer

• J.R. Taylor, Assistant Curator (-1976?)

• Allen Grundy, work study (197?)

• Ron Welburn, Coordinator of Jazz Oral History Project

• Bob Kenselaar, Assistant Curator (1978–1981)

• Walter Parker, cataloger (197?)

• Vincent Pelote, work study (1975–1978), Cataloger (1978–1987), Librarian (1987–present)

• Edward Berger, Curator (1976–1977), Assistant Director (1977–1987), Associate Director (1987–present)

• Dan Morgenstern, Director (1976–present)

• Marie Griffin, Librarian (1978-?)

• Esther Vasquez Smith, Secretary (1986–present)

• Don Luck, Librarian (1987-?)

• John Clement, Collection Specialist (1987–2010)

• Tad Hershorn, Archivist (1999–present)

• Annie Kuebler, Archivist (2000–present)

• Robert E. Nahory, Digital Library Applications Developer (2000–present)