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                      Education
                      1953        Associate Fine Art, Albright Art School, Buffalo NY
                      1954        B.S. Art Education New York State University College at Buffalo
                      1974        M.S. Art Education New York State University College at Buffalo

                      Educator
                      1955 – 1956     Bethesda, Maryland Schools 
                      1974 - 1994     Clarence Central Schools, Clarence NY
                      1992 - 1994     District Art Department Chair
                      1994 – 2010     Chautauqua Institution Summer Studies
                      1995 – 2001     Travel Workshops to Costa Rica, France, Italy, Spain


                      Honors
                      1981      Charter/VIce President Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society
                      1991      President Buffalo Society of Artists
                      1992      Arts in Education Grant, New York State Council of the Arts 
                      1994      New York State Art Teachers Association, Western New York Teacher of the Year
                      2003      Buffalo State College Foundation Chairman’s Award
                      2004      Buffalo State College Distinguished Alumni Award

                      2005      Burchfield Penney Art Center Esprit de Corps Award
                      2009      Buffalo and Erie County Arts Council Outstanding Individual Artist Award


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