Santa Ana’s Bowers Museum mentioned longtime Chief Govt Dr. Peter C. Keller has died. He was 75.

“In some ways, his closing day was a really perfect one for him – placing in a full day of labor in preparation for the opening of an distinctive exhibition that he was very happy with, Guo Pei: Artwork of Couture, adopted by dinner together with his spouse,” mentioned a press release from the Bowers Museum.

Keller, who was born in 1947 in Allentown, Penn., earned a B.A in geology from George Washington College and his M.A. and PH.D. in Geology from the College of Texas at Austin the place he specialised within the Geology of northern Mexico.

Previous to becoming a member of Bowers, Keller was the director of training on the Gemological Institute of America, the biggest instructional establishment for gemology on this planet, and spent nearly a decade on the Pure Historical past Museum of Los Angeles, the place he was Curator of Mineralogy and later Affiliate Director for Public Packages.

After he joined the Bowers Museum in 1991, he oversaw two main constructing expansions and targeted on presenting tremendous artwork and tradition, together with over 50 critically acclaimed exhibitions resembling Secrets and techniques of the Silk Street, Terra Cotta Warriors, and Mummies: Treasures from the British Museum.

Bowers additionally cast main partnerships with a few of the biggest museums all through the world, together with the British Museum, the Palace Museums in Beijing and Taiwan, and the Museo del Oro in Bogotá, Colombia.

Keller is survived by his spouse, youngsters, and grandchildren. The reason for dying wasn’t disclosed. In lieu of flowers, Dr. Keller’s household asks that donations be made to the Bowers Museum at www.bowers.org/donate.