Background

Destro, Helen Jane was born on October 11, 1927 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Earl Hobart and Cynthia Eldora Allen.

Education

Student, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1945—1947. Student, University Illinois, Chicago, 1949—1950. Student, LeCole de Beaux Arts, Paris, 1948.

Student, Slade School, London, 1948.

Career

Portraitist, Rochester, Minnesota, since 1945. Freelance medical illustrator Chicago, 1949—1951. Medical illustrator Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 1951—1953.

Achievements

• Helen Jane Destro has been listed as a notable artist, medical illustrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Women in Arts, Portrait Society of America, American Watercolor Society.

Connections

Married Vincent Paul Destro (deceased). Children: Lucy Schmidt, Maryanna, Molly Destro-Borgen.

Father:

Earl Hobart

Mother:

Cynthia Eldora Allen

Spouse:

Vincent Paul Destro

child:

Molly Destro-Borgen Destro

child:

Maryanna Destro

child:

Lucy Schmidt Destro