Background
Lottes, John William was born in 1934 in Minneapolis, AMERICA0.
Lottes, John William was born in 1934 in Minneapolis, AMERICA0.
Associate of Arts, Concordia College, St. Paul, 1954. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minneapolis College Art and Design, 1963. Master of Fine Arts (honorary), Minneapolis College Art and Design, 1973.
District Attorney (honorary), William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1984. Postgraduate, Die Hochschule Fur Gestaltung, Ulm, Germany. Postgraduate, University Iowa.
Graphic and industrial designer, 1954-1963;
instructor, Minneapolis College Art and Design, 1960-1962;
assistant professor, chairman industrial design, Minneapolis College Art and Design, 1962-1963;
instructor industrial design, Kansas Missouri The Art Institute of Chicago, 1964-1965;
assistant professor, acting dean, Kansas Missouri The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965-1966;
dean college, registrar, Kansas Missouri The Art Institute of Chicago, 1966-1968;
president, Kansas Missouri The Art Institute of Chicago, 1970-1973;
vice president planning and development, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, 1968-1969;
vice president academic affairs, California College Arts and Crafts, 1969-1970;
consultant development officer, School Visual Arts, New York City, 1986-1987;
president, trustee, Minneapolis Society Fine Arts, 1983-1987;
president, Oregon School Arts and Crafts, Portland, 1987-1991;
president, The Art Institute of Chicago Southern California, Laguna Beach, since 1991. Member Kansas City Regional Council Higher Education, 1965-1983, Alliance/Union Indiana Colls. Art, 1965-1993, National Association Schools Art and Design, since 1963, Commision on Accreditation Site Visitor, since 1978, North Control Association Schools andColls., 1965-1983, Assembly National Arts Education Orgns., 1979-1983, Portland Arts Alliance, 1987-1991, United States Institute TheatreTech., 1987-1992, Western Association Schools and Colls., since 1991.
Consultant Cornish School Allied Arts, Seattle, 1978, Galveston County Cultural Arts Council, Inc., Texas, 1979, National Endowment Arts, 1978-1979, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1981, The Portfolio Center, Atlanta, 1982, National Endowment Arts Locals Program, 1983-1985, Notre Dame U., 1984, Moorhead (Minnesota) State University, 1984, Otis The Art Institute of Chicago Parsons School Design, Los Angeles, 1984, Laguna Beach College Art, California, 1985,Memphis College Art, 1986, The Art Institute of Chicago Southern California, 1986, School Visual Arts, New York, 1987, Casper (Wyoming) College, 1989, Pacific-N.W.Coll. Art, Oregon, 1989, Cornish School Allied Arts, Washington, 1990, 92, Vincennes (Indiana) U. Junior College, 1990, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, New York, Design Institute.San Diego, 1995.
Member Municipal Arts Commission, Kansas City, Missouri, 1978-1983, Kansas City Arts Council, 1978-1983. Chairman Mayor's Task Force to Save the Philharmonic Orchestra, 1982. Local program panelist National Endowment for Arts, 1980-1983.
Member Governor's Task Force on Arts High School for Minnesota, 1985-1986. Member Artquake Artists' Jury, City of Portland, 1990-1991. Juror Laguna Beach Festival of Arts, 1993 Exhibition.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus advisory committee City of Laguna Beach, since 1993. Advisor Laguna Beach Arts Commission, since 1994. Board directors Arts Orange County, since 1994.
Board directors City of Fountains Foundation, Kansas City, 1973-1983. Board regents St. Paul's College, Concordia, Missouri, 1981-1987, chairman, 1983-1987. President board trustees Minneapolis Society Fine Arts, 1983-1986.
Board directors Zion Lutheran Church, Portland, 1983-1987, chairman, 1986-1987. Board honorary trustees Osaka (Japan) University Arts, since 1973. Board directors St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Laguna Beach, since 1992, president, since 1993.
Board directors Cameray Pointe Homeowners Association, since 1992, president, since 1993. Fellow National Association Schools Art and Design (life). Member American Association Higher Education, American Council Education, Rotary Club (Laguna Beach, California) (board directors since 1994), Laguna Beach Chamber of C.
Married Nancy J. Sawyer. Children: John E., Andrew C., Rachel L. Engler.