Art dealer; New York City. Born 1924 Olympia, Washington. Died 1995. Studied art and journalism. Primary business was Lee Nordness Galleries, but owned other galleries and art-related businesses. Assembled collection of 102 contemporary American paintings for S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. which traveled extensiveley before being donated to the National Collection of Fine Arts (Smithsonian Institution). Also involved in American craftsmen through his company Forms and Objects, Inc.
