During his tenure at GVSU, Kerr played a major role in the humble beginnings of their robust art program. He served as Department Chair and Director of Summer School for England and France. Professor Kerr taught at GVSU until 1999. Post-retirement, he continued teaching Drawing, Art Appreciation, and Japanese Art History at Aquinas College. A scholar in the subject of Perception, Don exhibited, lectured, read papers and taught, both nationally and internationally in London, UK; Europe and Japan. He was also appointed Scholar-in-Residence at The Japan Center for Michigan Universities, Hikone, Japan.
Kerr passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife, Sharon, and his daughters and granddaughter in the Heritage Hill area of Grand Rapids, Michigan, very early Thursday, December 21, 2017.
