Background
Kell, Marion Elizabeth Terwilliger Mc was born on March 8, 1919 in Dayton, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Ransom and Florence Marion (Harper) Terwilliger.
Kell, Marion Elizabeth Terwilliger Mc was born on March 8, 1919 in Dayton, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Ransom and Florence Marion (Harper) Terwilliger.
Student Chouinard School Art, Los Angeles, 1936-1937. Bachelor of Arts, Scripps College, 1941. Postgraduate Claremont University Graduate School, 1941, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1941-1942.
Staff, Alexander Film Company, Colorado Springs, 1943-1944. Painter portraits on commissions, 1946-1955. Private teacher art, 1965-1968.
Instructor youth classes in art Chester County (Pennsylvania) Art Association, 1968-1972.
Art instructor Delaware County Women"s Prison, Pennsylvania, 1972-1975. One-person shows: Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Art Association Center, 1959, Chester County Art Association Center, 1960, 76, West Chester (Pennsylvania) State College, 1964, Strawbridge & Clothier, Springfield, Pennsylvania, 1975, Moore County Library, Carthage, North Carolina, 1981, Carthage County Library (North Carolina), 1982, Southern Pines Library (North Carolina), 1983.
Group shows include: Los Angeles Art Museum, 1941, Chester County Association Retarded Citizens Association, 1965-1977, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Yellow Springs, 1977, others Represented in permanent collections.
Vice president public relations Chester County Art Association, 1979-1980.
Lecturer in field Executive board Chester County Council on Addictive Disease, 1964-1971. Founding committee, advisory board Vitae House Incorporated., since 1969.
Active women"s division Delaware Valley Council on Alcoholism.
Board directors Delaware Valley Main Lincolnshire Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Member Sandhill Arts Council, Southern Pines, North Carolina, since 1982.
Member Sandhill Arts Council, Southern Pines, North Carolina, since 1982. Member National League American Pen Women (president Chester County branch 1974-1976), International Platform Association, Scripps College Alumnae Association. Club: Whispers Woman"s (Whispering Pines, North Carolina).
Lodge: International Order of Saint Luke.
Died December 3, 2000.
Married James Cook McKell, III, December 2, 1942. Children– Marion Lloyd McKell Fogler, Lynn Gaylord McKell Gazjuk, James Forrest.