Background
Ortlip, Paul Daniel was born on May 21, 1926 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Henry Willard and Aimee (Eschner) Ortlip.
Ortlip, Paul Daniel was born on May 21, 1926 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Henry Willard and Aimee (Eschner) Ortlip.
Diploma, Houghton Academy, New York, 1944. Student, Art Students League, 1947—1949. Diploma, Academy la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, 1950.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Houghton College, New York, 1988.
Teacher, Fairleigh Dickinson U., Teaneck, New Jersey, 1956-1968; artist in residence, curator, Fairleigh Dickinson U., Rutherford, New Jersey, 1968-1972. Official United States Navy artist on assignment, Cuban missile crisis, Florida, 1963, Gemini 5 Recovery, Atlantic Ocean, 1965, Vietnam, 1967, Apollo 12 recovery, Pacific Ocean, 1969, Apollo 17 recovery, Pacific Ocean, 1972, International Naval Review, New York harbor, 1976, United States Coast Guard Station, Key West, Florida, 1985. Member United States Navy Art Cooperative and Liason Committee.
Served to sergeant United States Army, 1944-1947, European Theatre of Operations, PTO, 1946-1947. Member Allied Artists American (art cooperative and liaison committee with United States Navy), National Society Mural Painters, National Society Arts and Letters, Bergen County Artists Guild (president 1960-1962), Portrait Society of America, Inc., Artists Fellowship, Inc., United States Coast Guard Art Program, Art Students League New York (life), Navy League United States, Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), American Legion, Salmagundi Club (New York City, art chairman 1979-1981), Governor's of the Palm Beaches Club (Florida).
Married Mary Louise Krueger, June 1981 (deceased May 2001). Children from previous marriage: Carol, Kathleen, Sharon (deceased), Danielle (deceased), Michele.