David W. Steadman *74

David Steadman, the retired director of the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) who oversaw the building of the University of Toledo’s fine-arts school at the museum, died March 11, 2017, at age 80.

Born in Hawaii, Steadman attended Phillips Andover, and then graduated from Harvard with bachelor (1960) and master’s (1961) degrees. In 1966, he earned a master’s degree in art history from the University of California, Berkeley. From Princeton he earned MFA (1969) and Ph.D. (1974) degrees in art history.

In 1970, he was a lecturer at the Frick Collection, and in 1973 he was the associate director of the Princeton Art Museum under Peter Bunnell. Steadman was director of the Galleries of the Claremont Colleges and associate professor at Pomona College from 1974 to 1980. In 1980, he became director of the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Va. In 1989, he was chosen director of the TMA, where he presided until retiring in 1999.

Steadman earned a master’s degree in theological studies in 2002. In 2004, he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church, serving until retiring in 2010.

He was predeceased in 2011 by his wife, Kathleen. He is survived by two children and four grandchildren.

Graduate memorials are prepared by the APGA.