BACON, Mardges 1944-

PERSONAL: Born July 4, 1944, in Plainfield, NJ; daughter of William Hope, Jr. (an engineer) and Ruth (Johnson) Bacon; married Charles B. Wood III, December 1, 1990; children: (stepchildren) Carolyn, Chauncey B. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Delaware, B.A., 1966; University of Michigan, M.A., 1968; Brown University, Ph.D., 1978. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, collecting books.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—Department of Architecture, 151 Ryder Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, research and editorial assistant at Fogg Art Museum, 1968-69; Tufts University, Medford, MA, instructor in fine arts, 1969-70; Boston College, Boston, MA, worked in Department of Student Affairs, 1970-71; University of Massachusetts—Boston, lecturer in art history, 1974; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, lecturer in architectural history, 1977; Trinity College, Hartford, CT, assistant professor, 1978-84, associate professor of fine arts, 1985-88; Northeastern University, Boston, MA, professor of art and architecture, 1988-2002, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Architecture, 2002—. Speaker at conferences and educational institutions, including University of London, State University of New York—College at Buffalo, Rhode Island School of Design, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Institute Français d'Architecture, Princeton University, and Columbia University. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, project director, 1976-78; Hartford Architecture Conservancy, member of design review committee, 1980-84, member of board of directors, 1981-84; consultant to New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

MEMBER: Society of Architectural Historians (member of board of directors, 1988-91; member of board of directors of New England chapter, 1989-92, 1997-2000).

AWARDS, HONORS: Mellon grant, 1982; book award, New York chapter, Victorian Society of America, 1986, for Ernest Flagg: Beaux-Arts Architect and Urban Reformer; Guggenheim fellow, 1987-88; associate of Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, 1988; grant from Graham Foundation, 1998.

WRITINGS:

Ernest Flagg: Beaux-Arts Architect and Urban Reformer, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 1986.

Le Corbusier in America: Travels in the Land of theTimid, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 2001.

(Editor) William H. Jordy, "Symbolic Essence": Essays on Modern Architecture, Art, and American Culture, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), in press.

Contributor to books, including The Colonial Revival in America, edited by Alan Axelrod, W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 1985; and Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 1997. Contributor to periodicals, including Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians and New York Times.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on art and architectural history.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Architectural Review, December, 2001, Charles Jencks, review of Le Corbusier in America: Travels in the Land of the Timid, p. 96.

History: Review of New Books, winter, 2002, Joel Dinerstein, review of Le Corbusier in America, p. 47.

Library Journal, November 15, 2001, Paul Glassman, review of Le Corbusier in America, p. 62.

Publishers Weekly, June 11, 2001, review of Le Corbusier in America, p. 78.