Background
Boccia, Edward Eugene was born on June 22, 1921 in Newark. Son of Cono and Frances (Jacobitti) Boccia.
Boccia, Edward Eugene was born on June 22, 1921 in Newark. Son of Cono and Frances (Jacobitti) Boccia.
Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1938. Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1946. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1948.
Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1952.
Dean Columbus Art School, Ohio, 1948—1951. Assistant dean Washington University, St. Louis, 1951—1954, associate professor drawing, 1954—1966, professor art, 1966—1986, professor emeritus, since 1986. Guest instructor University Sask, Regina, 1960, Webster College, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1965, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, 1970.
With United States Army, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Member of St. Louis Poetry Center.
Married Madeleine Jean Wysong, July 14, 1945. 1 child Alice.