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CHRONOLOGY:

1917	Born in Angola, Indiana
1938-40	Studies art and humanities at the Olivet College, Michigan and at Mills College, Oakland.
1939-42	Teaching supervisor of Art, Angola Public Schools.
1941	Marries Kathryn Lee Holcomb
1942-45	Serves in World War II , stationed in Alaska. Teaches drawing and painting.
1946-47	Receives Master of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley.
1947-49	Lecturer of Art at the University of California, Berkeley.
1955-57	Sabbatical leave spent in Florence, Italy.
1958-63	Serves as Chairman, Department of Art, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1961	Exhibits in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition.
1962	Teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
1963-67	Exhibits in group shows at Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery, N.Y.C.
1971	Artist-In-Residence, Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
1971-74	Serves as Chairman, Department of Art, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1974	Shows at the Childe Hassam Fund Purchase Exhibition, N.Y.C.
1975	Designs cover for 'Art International' magazine, Lugano, January, 1975. Presents 'Abecedarium,' a series of prints to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
1976-77	Retrospective Exhibition; 1960-1975, Municipal Art Gallery of Los Angeles, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1977	Twelve Americans: Masters of Collage, Andrew Crispo Gallery, N.Y.C.
1978	Honorary Degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, conferred by Olivet College, Michigan Art award, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, N.Y.C.
1983	Completes 'Ultima' and dies in Santa Barbara, California

COLLECTIONS (A Selection):

The Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Rockefeller University, New York, NY
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA