Background
Wallin, Leland Dean was born on October 14, 1942 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. Son of Clarence Forrest and Leona Mae (McInnis) Wallin.
Wallin, Leland Dean was born on October 14, 1942 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. Son of Clarence Forrest and Leona Mae (McInnis) Wallin.
Student, Columbus College Art and Design, 1961-1962; Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Kansas Missouri The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965; Master of Fine Arts in Painting, U. Cincinnati with Cincinnati Art Academy, 1967.
Professor drawing, painting, sculpture St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, 1967-1986. Professor Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, New York, 1983-1984. Professor, coordinator Master of Fine Arts painting Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1985-1990.
Professor painting and drawing East Carolina University, Greenville, 1992—2008, professor emeritus, 2006. Lecturer Rutgers University NU, 1981, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1988. Curator Philip Pearlstein Retrospective Exhibit, Scranton, 1988.
Juror Belin Arts Grant Committee, Waverly, Pennsylvania, 1986-1989. Judge, juror Northern National Art Competition, 1993.
Member College Art Association American, Pennsylvania Society Watercolor Painters.
Married Meredith Maria Hawkins, March 26, 1977. 1 child, Jessica Wallin Mace.