About

Gene Castellano is an avid researcher of Delaware Valley history. He is a former trustee of the Delaware Historical Society, where he chaired the Buildings and Grounds Committee. Through this role, he gained a special appreciation for some of Delaware’s most historic structures.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from Villanova University. He also holds a Master of Arts degree, a Certification in Museum Studies and a Certification in Historic Preservation from the University of Delaware. While completing his museum studies degree, he interned at Hagley Museum and Library as a digitization specialist for their art collection.

During his business career, he held positions in product development, finance and leadership with the DuPont Company and W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc. As the leader of Gore’s first Capabilities Center in Newark, Delaware, he led a team that created and presented product technology exhibits for the enterprise. In 2008, when W. L. Gore and Associates turned fifty years old, he led the creation of the company’s history archive.

After retiring from Gore, Gene now works as a private archivist and Delaware history consultant. In 2016, he joined the staff of Hagley Museum and Library to start-up Hagley Heritage Curators, an initiative to help companies and trade associations preserve and research their history. He is currently an historian and archivist for the Woodlawn Trustees, an organization created by the Bancroft Family to preserve and responsibly develop land in northern Delaware.

Gene volunteers as a trustee for the Siegel Jewish Community Center in Wilmington and a trustee of the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia. He recently served on the board of Preservation Delaware Inc.

Gene and his wife, Jane, live in Wilmington, Delaware.

Contact Gene at gc@genecastellano.com or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gene-n-castellano