September 1, 1938    Barrington, Illinois



BFA, Industrial Design, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
MS, Sculpture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
MFA, Sculpture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

1964
1964-1972

1967-1987     

Instructor of Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Assistant Professor, Department of Design, University of California, Berkeley, California
Professor, Program Head, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

Visiting artist at 25 institutions internationally

COLLECTIONS

Works in over 100 collections including:

Museum of Arts and Design (American Craft Museum; Museum of Contemporary Crafts), New York, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oakland Museum of California (Oakland Art Museum), Oakland, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco Museum of Art), San Francisco, California
Musee D'Art Contemporain, Skopje, Yugoslavia
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
National Museum of Glass, Leerdam, Holland
Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland
Stedelijke Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Museum Für Kunsthandwek, Frankfurt, Germany
Kunsthaus AM Museum, Koln, Germany
Kunstsammlungen Der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany
Musee de Design ET D'Arts Appliques/Contemporains (Musee des Arts Decoratifs) Lausanne, Switzerland
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Umeleckoprumyslove Muzeum, Prague, Czechoslovakia
St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Fonds National d'Art Contemporin) Paris, France
Hokkaido Government Prefectury, Sapparo, Japan
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
International Glass Symposium Collection, Crystalex, Novy Bor, Czech Republic, 1982 II; 1985 III; 1988 IV; 1991 V; 1994 VI; 1997 VII 2000; Crystalex, A.S./Lemberk Castle
Zsolnay Museum, Pecs, Hungary
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Museum of Decorative Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
All-Russia Decorative, Applied and Folk Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
National Museum in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
The Hsinchu Cultural Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Museo del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
Museo Del Vidrio, Monterrey, N.L. Mexico
Musée Du Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Tacoma Museum, Tacoma, Washington

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1991
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2003
2005

National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship
Honorific Prize, Viconiter '83 1 st International Exhibit of Contemporary Glass, Valencia, Spain
Honorary Life Member, Glass Art Society, Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
Distinguished Graduate Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art, Barrington High School, Barrington, Illinois
College of Fellows, The American Craft Council, New York, New York
Honorary Award for Inspiration and Instigation of the Bay Area Glass Community, California Glass Exchange, San Jose, California
Master of the Medium Award, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, D.C.
Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass 2005 Artist Award