Background
Mauldin, William Henry was born on October 29, 1921 in Mountain Park, New Mexico, United States. Son of Sidney Albert and Edith Katrina (Bemis) Mauldin.
Mauldin, William Henry was born on October 29, 1921 in Mountain Park, New Mexico, United States. Son of Sidney Albert and Edith Katrina (Bemis) Mauldin.
Student public schools and high schools, New Mexico and Arizona. Studied art, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Master of Arts (honorary), Connecticut Wesleyan University, 1946.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Albion College, 1970. Doctor of Letters (honorary), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1972. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lincoln College, 1970.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Washington University, St. Louis, 1984. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), College of Santa Fe, 1986.
Cartoonist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, until 1962; Cartoonist, Chicago Sun-Times, 1962-1991.
Served with United States Army, 1940-1945, 45th Infantry Division and Stars and Stripes. Campaigns Sicily, Italy, France, Germany. Fellow Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Norma Jean Humphries, February 28, 1942 (divorced 1946). Children– Bruce Patrick, Timothy. Married Natalie Sarah Evans, June 27, 1947 (deceased August 1971).
Children– Andrew, David, John, Nathaniel. Married Christine Ruth Lund, July 29, 1972. Children: Kaja Lisa, Samuel Lund.