Background
Uptegrove, Deane was born on January 3, 1896 in New York City. Son of Jerome Pierson and Florence van Maie (Palmer) University.
Uptegrove, Deane was born on January 3, 1896 in New York City. Son of Jerome Pierson and Florence van Maie (Palmer) University.
Graduate, Newark Academy.
Reporter, feature writer, Newark Evening News, 1915-1917; reporter, feature writer, New York Evening Post, 1919-1923; advertising agency writer, Alley & Richards, Inc., New York City, 1951-1959; president, director, Alley & Richards, Inc., New York City, 1957-1959; senior vice president, chairman creative board, Reach, McClinton & Company, 1959-1960; engaged in landscape painting, advertising art consultant, from 1960.
Chairman New Jersey Historic Sites Committee. Vice chairman Sussex County (New Jersey) Art Committee. Member Essex County Republican Committee, 1923-1944.
Served as lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, World War I. Member National Society Art Directors (vice president), American Association Advertising Agencies (chairman art committee), Pocono Mountain Art Group, Tri-State Artists, Salmagundi Club, New York Art Directors Club (president).
Married Margaret Hamilton Howard, March 9, 1918. Children: Deane, Neil.