Born
Wausau, Wisconsin 1922
Married, 5 children, 13 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren
During WWII I spent 42 months in The U. S. Marines-37 months in the Pacific

Education
University of Illinois, Beloit College, University of Wisconsin,
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and The University of Iowa (MFA 1951)
Studied with Mauricio Lasansky 1948-1951, Study with Stanley William Hayter 1969

Teaching Experience
Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas - One Man Art Dept 1952
Iowa State College, Cedar Falls, Iowa 1953
Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois 1954-1959
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 1959-1964
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois 1964-1991 ret.

Exhibitions and Awards
More than 250 One man shows- including The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio; The Sheldon Museum - Lincoln, Nebraska; and a U.S. Information Agency sponsored two year show (1982-83) traveling in Yugoslavia.

My paintings, drawings, bronzes, and prints have been included in more than 500 shows including: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC; Wake Forest University; The Brooklyn Museum; The Chicago Art Institute; and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

More than 300 public collections contain my work such as The University of Notre Dame, Fredonia State College of New York, The Butler Museum, Orange Coast College.

My works have shown in numerous International Competitions. Among them are the11th International Exhibition of Graphic Arts 1975-Modern Gallery Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, Premio Internationale Biella Per L' Incisione- Milan, Italy 1976, and Seventh British International Invitational in Bradford, England.

Study with S. W. Hayter-Atelier 17 Paris, France -1969 for 4 months, then return to U.S. to teach as Visiting Artist at Ohio State University. Chosen as one of 6 U.S. printmakers to exhibit in the Peace Show at The Philadelphia Museum (1970). Recipient of a Ford Foundation grant in program For the Visual Arts (1960). Appointment as Presidential Research Professor at Northern Illinois University (1982) and upon retirement from the University appointed as Distinguished Emeritus Professor.

I have presented numerous workshops on Color Viscosity Printmaking. My work has appeared in many magazines and textbooks.