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Credo: “May the beauty we love be what we do”, from 13th century Islamic, mystic poet, Jalalladain Rumi
Expertise in Teaching: Contemporary art history: worked with artists worldwide, taught on World Campus Afloat (selected as outstanding teacher in 1968), as curator took Texas artist’s exhibition to the Czech Republic, created an innovative children’s museum in the elementary schools in Waco, Texas (selected by ABC Television as one of three featured programs nationally). Art management: taught courses in management to American museum professionals and in the country of Georgia, 2001-2003 as a Fulbright Scholar. Selected as a Fulbright/Hays Scholar to China in 1965 and Fulbright Senior Specialist in 2003 and 2004 for multiple countries.
Museum and Arts Management: headed and directed six museums (two universities and four private) and five university fine arts departments, 1961-2000. Consultant to international museums from 1993 and selected as a Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Senior Specialist to work with museums in the Republic of Georgia and Mongolia in 2001-2002 and 2004.
Artist, Writer and Speaker: has written articles for Waco Tribune-Herald (reaching 150,000 each issue) as one of 32 Board of Contributors, asked to give lecture at 1996 Texas and American Association of Museums, and asked to write articles for the Texas Association of Museum’s Musline Magazine in 1990s. Wrote articles for Waco Today (monthly magazine for Central Texas) from 1998-2003. Has written editorials for newspapers as guest writer for over 50 years.
Artistic skills: has exhibited in over 600 national and international exhibitions; chosen by the American Embassy of Georgia to represent the United States at an International Plenary of Artists in Kutaisi, Georgia (20 artists from all over Europe and myself attended a month-long workshop), September 2001 (American Embassy of Georgia bought two 60" x 60" paintings for their walls); won awards in painting and sculpture nationally and internationally; selected by the Texas Commission on the Arts as Artist in Education for Texas from 1997 to the present; have given art skills workshops nationally and internationally to university and high school teachers, administrators, artists, parents and students. A recent work of art was chosen as the cover of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board’s Fulbright Annual Report 2000.
Honors:
- 2004: Fulbright Scholar in Mongolia, museum studies, grant writing, American studies and artist in residence, 3 Mongolian Universities, Mongolian Arts Council and public workshops
- 2004-present: Who’s Who in the World
- 2004: Madison Who’s Who in America
- 2003-present: Who’s Who in American Business and Finance
- 2003-2008: Fulbright Senior Specialist: eligible for selected visits to international sites: 2003 Georgia and 2004 Mongolia (on a permanent list)
- 2001-2002: Fulbright Scholar’s grant, American Studies at six national state Georgian universities
- 1998: chosen by ABC Television for an hour-long presentation for a national educational program
- 1996: principle speaker for National Education Conference in Seattle, Washington
- 1993 National Advertising Award for Non-Profit Video, writing and directing
- 1992 Volunteer of the Year for Texas and USA, Arc
- 1990-present: Who’s Who in International Art
- 1988 Sante Fe Management Institute, New Mexico
- 1988-present: Who’s Who in the South and Southwest
- 1980 and 1983: Kellogg Educational Fellow at Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- 1983: Leadership Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- 1982: John C. Gowan Award for Research, National Gifted and Talented Association
- 1981: Museum Management Institute, Berkley, California
- 1980-present: Who’s Who in America
- 1980-present: Who’s Who in South and Southwest Art
- 1976: Artist of the Year for Pacific Chapter of American Institute of Architects
- 1975: National Works in Public Places, sponsored by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare at Smithsonian Institution
- 1968: Outstanding Educator, World Campus Afloat, Chapman College
- 1966: Fulbright-Hays Scholar’s grant, Chinese Studies and Research in Taiwan
- 1965-present: Who’s Who in American Art
Selected Community Work:
- 2004-2005: consultant to NGO’s in Mongolia on exhibitions, fund raising and grant writing. Also consultant to the Mongolian Arts Council
- 2000-2003: art education consultant to the Art Center Waco
- 2001-2003: consultant to NGO’s in Georgia on budgets, fund raising and grant writing
- 1993-2005: Rotary Club of Waco, Publications Committee, member since 1987
- 1994: Brazos River Corridor Development Committee, City of Waco
- 1993-2000: Museum Association of Waco, Vice President, 1992, President, 1993-95
- 1993-2000: Metro Waco Tourism Council, Vice President in 1993, President in 1994
- 1993-1999: Association of Retarded Citizens/Texas, Board of Trustees' Advisory Council
- 1993-present: Assoc. of Retarded Citizens/McLennan County, past Chairman of Board of Directors
- 1993-2000: Texas Association of Museums, state convention planning committee in 1993
- 1993-1998: Waco Convention and Tourism Council, City of Waco
- 1993-1998: Gifted and Talented Advisory Committee, Baylor University's Education Department
- 1993-1994: Texas Commission on the Arts. Educational Peer Review Panel
- 1993-1994: Special Committee for Pew Foundation Grant, City of Waco
- 1993-1995: Visions 2020, a long range planning committee for City of Waco
- 1993-1999: Leadership Waco Curriculum Committee (advisor since 1988 in future planning)
- 1993-1997: Greater Waco Council on the Arts, Board of Directors
- 1978-2000: American Association of Museums
Summary of Employment:
- 2003 and 2004: Fulbright Specialist, arts management to Georgia and Mongolia, directing workshops and lecturing at Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Mongolian University of Arts and Culture and Mongolian Arts Council
- 2001-2003: Fulbright Scholar to Georgia, teaching courses on American art and architecture, arts management, criticism, and grant writing at Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, National State University, and lectures at universities all over Georgia for American Embassy
- 1990-present: McLennan Community College, teaching American art and architecture, art appreciation, drawing and painting
- 1994-2003: Baylor University, teaching contemporary art and museum studies
- 1987-2000: The Art Center Waco, executive director
- 1986-1987: Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass., teaching K-6 and teacher training
- 1984-1986: Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, Mass., executive director
- 1978-1984: Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, executive director
- 1970-1976: Full Professor, University of Guam, Agana, Guam, chairman of fine arts department (visual arts, music, dance and theater) and director of university museum, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses
- 1968-1969: World Campus Afloat, Chapman College, teaching visual studio arts and art history around the world, Associate Professor
- 1965: Washington State University, Artist in Residence, Spokane, Washinton, and director of the community art center, art history and studio courses, Oriental Studies
- 1964-1968: Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY, chairman of fine arts department, Asociate Professor, art history and studio courses, teaching Western, non-Western and Oriental art
- 1960-1964: Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa., chairman of department, Associate Professor, and director of college art museum
- 1958-1960: Wisconsin State University at Whitewater, Assistant Professor, art education to teachers, interior design, art history and studio courses
Belief: If education is the fuel that fills and stirs the mind and spirit, then art is the flame that sets the mind ablaze.
Married: since 1957, Anne, two children: Samantha and Christopher.
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