I still remember the day an all staff meeting was called at Cooper-Hewitt. We all knew it was the announcement of our new Director. I truly had no idea who it would be. There were some long shot rumors that it might be Bill, but I convinced myself that the institution would not make such a radical choice; it wasn’t typical of most museum’s culture to choose a director outside of the field. When I walked in the room and saw him standing there my face lit up and I knew the future of the Museum was going to be extraordinary and I was lucky to be a small part of it.
My favorite story of Bill was described in a blog post I wrote when he chose to move his office into the Cooper-Hewitt’s education department. Here is the story.
Miss you Bill.
—*kim