1925
Born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 28
1931-40
Art classes at Council Educational Alliance, Cleveland
(1938-40 classes with Paul B. Travis)
1932-37
Art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art
1937-40
Art classes (scholarship) at the Cleveland Museum of Art (classes with Milton S. Fox)
1940-42
Scholarship to Young Artist Classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art (classes with Paul B. Travis)
1943
Diploma from East Technical High School, major in art
1943-46
U.S. Navy
1945-46
Attended the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
1946-50
Attended the Cleveland Institute of Art
1947-51
Attended Case Western Reserve University
1950
Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Art, major in painting
1950
B.S. in art education from Case Western Reserve University
1951
M.S. in art education from Case Western Reserve University
1952-57
Industrial designer, Ball Band, a division of Uniroyal, Mishawaka, Indiana
1957-66
Executive director, South Bend Art Center
(later South Bend Museum of Art)
1966-70
Assistant professor of fine arts, Indiana University South Bend (IU South Bend)
1968
Appointed first chair of the Fine Arts Department,
IU South Bend
1970-79
Associate professor of fine arts, IU South Bend
1979-89
Professor of fine arts, IU South Bend
2016
Dies in South Bend, Indiana on March 18