User:Refractile/sandbox

He was named as the founding director of The (*) Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, which opened May 19, 1951. In the six months prior to the opening, the 24 year old director acquired the nucleus of the museum's present historical glass collections. [cite David]

...making him, at 33, on of the youngest directors of a major museum in the country....

In 1971, Buechner returned to Corning in 1971, where he was appointed Vice President of Steuben Glass division of Corning Glass Works (he served as President from 1973 to 1984); President of Corning Glass Works Foundation; and President of The Corning Museum of Glass. In 1975 he became Director of the museum, a position he held until 1981. [cite David]

Buechner helped establish The Rockwell Museum in 1976, a museum in Corning, New York, devoted to Western art. He was its first president and remained in this role until 1986.

Painting was always an important part of Buechner's life, and after he retired from the museums in 1987, he devoted his time to still lifes, portraits and landscapes.