Born in 1961 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey and London, England
1979-80 Language stays in Munich and Cologne
1980-82 Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1982-84 B.A. in German Language & Literature and Art History, University of California, Berkeley
Summa Cum Laude, Mabel Toomb Scholarship for Honors Thesis in Art History
Highest Honors in History of Art, Department Citation in German, Phi Beta Kappa
1985-88 M.A. in Art History, Columbia University, New York
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, 1985-87 (full scholarship)
1988-90 San Francisco, California
1990-2016 Cologne, Germany
2016-present Düsseldorf, Germany
Translations from German into English in the fields of art, architecture, culture and many others since 1996.