Vice President of Curatorial Services Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Inc.

Doswell joined the staff of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO in 1995 as its first curator.  The museum has grown into an important national attraction, welcoming close to 60,000 visitors annually. He earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Kansas State University through work in partnership with the museum to develop educational web sites and programs. Doswell travels extensively as a public speaker on topics of baseball and African American history.  Now as museum Vice-President, he manages exhibitions, archives, and educational programs.

Raymond Doswell was born in St. Louis, MO, and grew up in E. St. Louis, IL.  He graduated from Monmouth College (IL) in 1991 with a degree in History and training in education.  He taught high school briefly in the St. Louis area before attending graduate school at the University of California-Riverside. He earned a Master’s degree in History with emphasis on Historic Resources management.