James Russell Willoughby

Background

Willoughby, James Russell was born on April 22, 1928 in Toronto, Ohio, United States. Son of Russell Lee and Edna Gertrude (McKeown) Willoughby.

Education

Associate of Arts, Pasadena City College, 1951; postgraduate, Art Center School.

Career

Member of staff, Chrysler Corporation, Maywood, California, 1951-1957; administrative assistant, technical artist, Ramo-Wooldridge, El Segundo, California, 1957-1959; administrator assistant, Space Technology laboratories, El Segundo, 1959-1961; intelligence analyst, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, 1961-1965; freelancer, California, 1965-1972; freelancer, Filmation Studios, Reseda, California, 1972-1982; freelancer, various organizations, since 1982. Storyboard designer Hanna-Barbera, Disney Studios, 1987-1990.

Achievements

• James Russell Willoughby has been listed as a notable Artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Drinking Habits of Birds in the Central Namib Desert of South West Africa, 1989, Namib Desert Research Station, Number 31 : 35 pages with 6 plates.

Membership

Member of National Cartoonist Society, Prescott Corral, Westerners International.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking.

Connections

Married Dorothy M. Ponder, September 12, 1952 (divorced 1958). Children: Jim Junior, David. Married Susan N. Boettjer, November 28, 1980.

Father:

Russell Lee Willoughby

Mother:

Edna Gertrude (McKeown) Willoughby

Spouse:

Dorothy M. Ponder

Spouse:

Susan N. Boettjer

child:

Jim Junior Willoughby

child:

David Willoughby