16 Facts About Roger Mandle

Earl Roger Mandle, better known as Roger Mandle, was an American museum administrator, curator, art historian, and college president.

Roger Mandle was president of the Rhode Island School of Design from 1993 to 2008.

Roger Mandle was director at Toledo Museum of Art, and deputy director and chief curator of National Gallery of Art.

Earl Roger Mandle was born on May 13,1941, in Hackensack, New Jersey, son of Earl Simmon Mandle, a graphic designer who went into the family meat business, and Phyllis Key Mandle, who worked in apparel design.

Roger Mandle began his career in museum leadership as an associate director of the Minneapolis Institute of Art from 1967 to 1974, before becoming associate director at the Toledo Museum of Art from 1977 to 1976.

Roger Mandle was director at Toledo from 1977 to 1988.

From 1988 to 1993, as deputy director and chief curator of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Roger Mandle was outspoken arts activist.

In 1993, Roger Mandle was named president of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.

In May 2009, Roger Mandle was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Roger Mandle oversaw many museums in Qatar including the Museum of Islamic Art, the Qatar Natural History Museum and the National Museum of Qatar.

Roger Mandle's work has helped develop the world's first non-profit, tuition-free, online academic institution that seeks to revolutionize higher education by making college-level studies accessible to students worldwide.

Roger Mandle served on the boards of the American Association of Museums, the Williams College Museum of Art, the Clark Art Institute, and the Silk Road Project.

Roger Mandle received honorary degrees from the University of Toledo, Kenyon College, Brown University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Bryant University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Roger Mandle was made Knight of the Order of Isabel la Catolica by King Juan Carlos of Spain in 1985, and was Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Roger Mandle died on November 28,2020, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, at age 79.

Roger Mandle was survived by his wife, artist Gayle Wells Mandle, and two children, Julia Mandle and Luke Mandle.