The Experts
PNC Bank has collaborated with a team of experienced and respected professionals to establish the PNC Legacy Project. These experts, trained in research, documenting, preserving, and presenting history, are helping PNC bring the past to life and honor a tradition of community trust.
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Mary Beth Corrigan
Historian and Archivist
Mary Beth Corrigan, Ph.D., is a historian and collection management specialist. For nearly seven years, she worked with Riggs Bank, compiling an inventory of their historical records and evaluating their usefulness as historical resources. Since 2005, she has been working with the PNC Collection and helped make a reality the donation of the PNC/Riggs Bank Historical Collection to George Washington University. She currently serves as the historian and curator of the PNC Legacy Project. She has also curated exhibitions for several organizations, written articles on the history of the District of Columbia, and reviewed exhibitions and books for professional journals. She completed her doctorate at the University of Maryland in 1996.
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Virginia Dawson
Historian
Virginia Dawson, Ph.D., is President of History Enterprises, Inc., a Cleveland firm that specializes in the history of businesses and non-profit organizations. She has written several histories of local institutions including the Cleveland Clinic, Lincoln Electric, NASA-Glenn Research Center, the France Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and First Energy. She is also active in several professional historical societies and has authored peer-reviewed articles and book reviews in numerous scholarly journals. Recently she co-authored a history of Cleveland-Cliffs, the country's oldest surviving independent iron mining company. This book will be published by Wayne State University in the spring of 2011.
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Chris White
Exhibit Designer
Christopher K. White, exhibit designer, has over 30 years of experience in the design field. He has designed and directed over 600 museum projects. His major projects include:
- Generations, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings, and The Precious Legacy for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
- U.S. Naval Academy Museum, master planning for museum renovation and design of the ship model gallery
- Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument visitor center
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, design of exhibits about bay history, waterfowling, propulsion, decoy carving, and oystering
- Interactive exhibits for Horizon Organic Dairy
- Various National Park Service visitor center exhibits
Chris holds a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and is a member of the American Association of Museums.
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Dean Krimmel
Historian
Dean Krimmel helps museums, historic sites, cultural organizations, and businesses in the creation of exhibitions, long range and strategic planning, visitor experience programs, and oral history projects. Dean has spent the past 25 years in the museum and public history fields. His experience includes curator of local history for the Baltimore City Life Museum, and consulting historian for the University of Maryland School of Nursing Museum, the nation's first museum of nursing history. He has delivered numerous speaking presentations and appeared on televisions and radio programs to provide expertise about Baltimore history, promote programs and exhibitions, and advocate for cultural and historic preservation. He is a member of the Planning Group, Baltimore Heritage Area, and served as a Director for the Boards of the Baltimore City Historical Society and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums.
