What kind of professional associations is David Birney involved with?”
Professional associations Birney has served on the Large Theatre Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts and is a current board member of the Foundation for Bio-Medical Research. He has also served on the Theatre and Dance Panel of the Jacob Javits Fellowship Foundation. For Dartmouth College he has served as a member of the Board of Overseers for the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. He initiated and chaired the Class of ’61 Legacy: The American Tradition in Performance, helping to create a substantial endowment dedicated to live performance at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College. For five years, Birney co-chaired the American Diabetes Association, speaking and fund raising for the Association. He is an advisor for the Children’s Rights Council and has been a frequent spokesman for children’s literacy, health and welfare issues. His contribution to classical theatre has been recognized with Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre’s Millennium Award.
David Edwin Birney[1] (born 23 April 1939) is an award-winning American actor/director whose career has embraced a substantial list of performances in both contemporary and classical roles in theatre, film and television. He has three children, a daughter Kate, and twins, Peter and Mollie. Contents [hide] * 1 Early life and education * 2 Career o 2.1 Work in Theatre o 2.2 Audiobooks o 2.3 Television o 2.4 Writing and directing o 2.5 Professional associations * 3 Filmography o 3.1 Feature films o 3.2 Films for Television o 3.3 Mini-series * 4 References * 5 External links [edit] Early life and education Birney was born in Washington, D.C., the first child of Jeanne (née McGee) and Edwin B. Birney, a special agent for the FBI.[1] He is of Irish, Scots, German and Cherokee descent.[citation needed] The oldest of four boys, he moved to Cleveland when his father was transferred from Washington. He was raised a Roman Catholic. He attended schools in Brooklyn, Ohio and graduated from West Hig
Birney has served on the Large Theatre Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts and is a current board member of the Foundation for Bio-Medical Research. He has also served on the Theatre and Dance Panel of the Jacob Javits Fellowship Foundation. For Dartmouth College he has served as a member of the Board of Overseers for the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. He initiated and chaired the Class of ’61 Legacy: The American Tradition in Performance, helping to create a substantial endowment dedicated to live performance at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College. For five years, Birney co-chaired the American Diabetes Association, speaking and fund raising for the Association. He is an advisor for the Children’s Rights Council and has been a frequent spokesman for children’s literacy, health and welfare issues. His contribution to classical theatre has been recognized with Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre’s Millennium Award.
