Jon A. Shirley was born in San Diego in 1938, graduated from The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and then attended MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Shirley is chairman of the board of trustees of the Seattle Art Museum and a member of The Chairman's Council of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Mr. Shirley and his wife Mary live in Medina, Washington, and are active collectors of contemporary art in addition to collecting, restoring, showing and racing vintage Ferraris.