Nov. 6, 2002--Ian M.G. Quimby, an adjunct associate professor of history and University alumnus, died Nov. 4, 2002. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 8, at Christ Church, 505 East Buck Rd., Greenville.

Born in Maine, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1949 and served in Korea with the 25th Infantry Division. He later served as a commissioned officer in the Delaware National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserves.

Mr. Quimby was graduated from the University of Delaware in 1961 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was awarded a two-year fellowship for study in the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture and he received his master’s degree from UD in 1963. He served as the first curator of the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum in Massachusetts before returning to Winterthur in 1965, where he spent the next 26 years.

At Winterthur, he served as registrar and a director of publications and editor of the Winterthur Porfolio, which he transformed into a quarterly journal with an international reputation. His publications include “American at Winterthur” and “Apprenticeship in Colonial Philadelphia.”

After retiring from Winterthur in 1991, Mr. Quimby served as editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Mr. Quimby maintained close ties with UD, serving as an adjunct professor and as a member of various committees associated with the Winterthur Program. In 1985, he was inducted into UD’s Alumni Wall of Fame.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Christ Church or UD’s College of Arts and Science.