MACON AND JOAN BROCK DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT, CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, NORFOLK
MACON AND JOAN BROCK DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT, CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, NORFOLK
Virginia Business// April 29, 2024//
FIRST JOB: Busboy at Washington Golf & Country Club in Arlington
HOBBY/PASSION: Traveling, especially to Italy
HISTORIC PERSON I WISH I COULD MEET: [Chrysler Corp. founder] Walter Chrysler, who created this great collection and gave it to the people
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Princeton Tigers basketball
RECENT BOOK READ: “Stay True: A Memoir,” by Hua Hsu
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Trust, but verify.
SOMEWHERE I’D LIKE TO VISIT: Mexico City
WHAT SPARKED MY CAREER PATH: I visited the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C.
DID YOU KNOW? Beatles legend Paul McCartney’s photography exhibit, “Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm,” made the second stop on its global world tour and its U.S. debut at the Chrysler from December 2023 through early April. The exhibition of about 250 photos taken by McCartney during the height of Beatlemania attracted about 60,000 visitors to the museum, some from as far as California. The next stops for “Eyes of the Storm” are New York’s Brooklyn Museum, then Tokyo and Portland, Oregon.
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