Patricia May Whalen

Background

Whalen, Patricia May was born on May 25, 1945 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Dale Ryan and Doris M. Taylor.

Education

Student, Boston Museum School, 1964-1965; graduate with honors, The Art Institute of Chicago Boston, 1967; postgraduate, Worcester (Massachusetts) Art School, 1969-1971.

Career

Industrial designer, Boguss Associations, Everett, Massachusetts, 1968-1970; art director, L&Z Kamman Company, Gardner, Massachusetts, 1970-1973; creative director, manager, Artistic Carving Company, Gardner and Boston, 1973-1976; creative designer, Simplex Time Recorder Company, Gardner, since 1979. Freelance designer, Gardner, since 1967. Art teacher Area Head Start Children, Gardner, 1974-1976.

Achievements

• Patricia May Whalen has been listed as a notable Creative designer, painter by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Massachusetts Lottery Arts Council, Gardner, since 1988. Deputy sheriff, Worcester County, Massachusetts, since 1983. Coordinator recreation department City of Gardner, 1975-1977.

Active City First Art Show, Gardner, 1972, Gardner Museum, since 1988. Member Women in Arts, Women in Communications, American Institute Graphic Arts, NAFE.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, reading, painting.

Connections

Married David F. Whalen, September, 1970 (divorced 1973).

Father:

Dale Ryan Taylor

Mother:

Doris M. Taylor

Spouse:

David F. Whalen