Background
Cornelius, Aleta was born on March 21, 1922 in Pittsburgh, PA. Daughter of James Alvin and Ethel Aleta (Lewis) Cornelius.
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Aleta Cornelius
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Student in painting & design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Career
Secretary, director PIttsburgh Associated Artists, Pittsburgh, PA, 1948-1953. Teacher (painting) Young Women’s Christian Association, Pittsburgh, PA, Providence, Rhode Island. Art teacher Rocky Hill Country Day, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Owner Private Art Gall., Providence. Curator Hyannis Art Association, Cape Cod, Master of Arts. Art director Dahl, Orresman, Morgan, Mousey, Rhode Island, 1963-1972.
Freelance painter & restorer Aleta Cornelius Studio, Flagler beach, Florida, from 1972. Chartered president, honorary member Flagler County Council for the Arts, 1989. Logo designer, catalog designer, Florida Artists Grp., judge, art shows, restoration and appraisals, Grps. in South and North East, 1954-1990, since 1970, appointed grant panel, Florida Arts Council, Tallahassee, 1991-1992, served as judge and juror for many art exhibitions.
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Membership
Member Presidential Task Force, Republican Party, Washington, 2000, National Committee, Republican Party, Washington, 2000, Senatorial Committee, Republican Party, Washington, 2000, Florida and Flagler County, Republican Party, Washington, 2000. Appointed grant arts council Secretary of State of Florida, 1991-1992. Member (honorary), charter president, Flagler County Council for the Arts (life), 1989-2000, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Connections
Children: Ethel Aleta, James Alvin. M. Walter S. Eastman, October 1992.
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Political Party
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Recipient Kappa Kappa Gamma Pi Timne Achievement award, Hot Spgs., VA, 1952, Childe Hassam Purchase award, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, 1960, First Prize Rhode Island Art Festival, Providence Journal and City, Rhode Island, 1960, Life Magazine 19 American Artists, Life Magazine, 1951-1952, many awards Pittsburgh Association Artists shows, Purchase award 100 Friends of Pittsburgh Art, many others. Named Honorary Alumnus Carnegie Mellon University, 2000.Recipient Kappa Kappa Gamma Pi Timne Achievement award, Hot Spgs., VA, 1952, Childe Hassam Purchase award, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, 1960, First Prize Rhode Island Art Festival, Providence Journal and City, Rhode Island, 1960, Life Magazine 19 American Artists, Life Magazine, 1951-1952, many awards Pittsburgh Association Artists shows, Purchase award 100 Friends of Pittsburgh Art, many others. Named Honorary Alumnus Carnegie Mellon University, 2000.