Background
Waddell, John Henry was born on February 14, 1921 in Des Moines. Son of William Wilder and Isabel Catherine (McGee) Waddell.
Waddell, John Henry was born on February 14, 1921 in Des Moines. Son of William Wilder and Isabel Catherine (McGee) Waddell.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Institute Chicago, 1948. Bachelor in Art Education, Art Institute Chicago, 1949. Master of Fine Arts, Art Institute Chicago, 1949.
Master in Art Education, Art Institute Chicago, 1951. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), National College Education, 1979.
Instructor National College Education, Evanston, Illinois, 1949-1955. Assistant professor Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1955-1957. Professor Arizona State University, Tempe, 1957-1964.
HeadWaddell Sculpture Fellowship, Cornville, Arizona, since 1971.
Executed sculpture Dance, Phoenix Civic Center, 1974, The Family, Maricopa County, Phoenix, 1967, That Which Might Have Been, Birmingham, 1963, Unitarian Church, Paradise Valley, Arizona, 1964, Dance Mother, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1969, Seated Flutist and Relief Dancers, National College Education, Evanston, Illinois, 1979, Backwalkover, Phoenix Sports Medicine Center, 1985, Apogee and Momentum, USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York, 1988, Seated Harpist, Ravinia, Highland Park, Illinois, 1990, Touchstone, Boswell Memorial Hospital, Sun City, Arizona, 1994, Life"s Celebration, 1985-1995. Represented Scottsdale (Arizona) Center Foreign the Arts, 1984, others
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Grantee Valley Beautiful Commission, Phoenix, 1965, National Endowment Arts/Commission Arts and Humanities, 1969-1974, National Endowment Arts, 1978.
Married Leslie Owen, 1942 (divorced 1948). Children: Sean, Seamus, Seanchan. Married Ruth Holland, March 24, 1949.
Children: Lindsey, William, Amy.