Background

Waddell, John Henry was born on February 14, 1921 in Des Moines. Son of William Wilder and Isabel Catherine (McGee) Waddell.

Education

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.

Career

Instructor National College Education, Evanston, Illinois, 1949-1955. Assistant professor Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1955-1957. Professor Arizona State University, Tempe, 1957-1964.\r\nHeadWaddell 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

Membership

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.

Connections

Married Leslie Owen, 1942 (divorced 1948). Children: Sean, Seamus, Seanchan. Married Ruth Holland, March 24, 1949.

Children: Lindsey, William, Amy.

father:

William Wilder Waddell

mother:

Isabel Catherine (McGee) Waddell

spouse:

Ruth Holland

spouse:

Leslie Owen

child:

Seamus Waddell

child:

Sean Waddell

child:

Amy Waddell

child:

Lindsey Waddell

child:

William Waddell

child:

Seanchan Waddell