Background
Keener, Polly Leonard was born on July 14, 1946 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Daughter of George Holman and Alice June (Bolinger) Leonard.
Keener, Polly Leonard was born on July 14, 1946 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Daughter of George Holman and Alice June (Bolinger) Leonard.
Student, Kent State University, 1967. Student, Princeton University, 1968. Student, Princeton University, 1973.
Bachelor, Connecticut College, 1968.
Illustrator, Akron, since 1969. Instructor cartooning Northeastern Ohio Universities College Medicine, 1992-1994. Instructor cartooning University Akron, 1979-2004, instructor soft sculpture, 1979-1984.
Cartoon text writer Prentice Hall Publications, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985-2006. President Keener Corporation, Akron, 1977-2007. Judge arts and crafts competitions, Akron, since 1982.
(Comprehensive and lively, this introduction to cartooning...)
Trustee Stan Hywet Hall Foundation, Akron, since 1972. Trustee and vice president Women's History Project, Akron, 1993-1996. Vice president Junior League, Akron, 1988-1989, Western Reserve Academy Women's Board, Hudson, Ohio, 1987-1988.
Active Women's Board Blossom Music Center, Penninsula, Ohio, since 1969, board trustee, member Toonseum, Pittsburgh. Member Daughters of the American Revolution (trustee, vice-regent Cuyahoga-Portage chapter 1992-1999, regent 1999-2001, national vice-chairman Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine 1999-2001, chair motion picture radio and tv committee 2000-2004, state chairman bylaws committee since 2005), National Cartoonists Society (chairman Great Lakes chapter 1996-2000, national representative and board directors 1997-2001, co-chairman National Cartoonists Day/Cartoon Appreciation Week Celebration 1999-2001, recipient Tim Rosenthal award 2006), Society Illustrators.
Married Robert Lee Keener, December 29, 1967. Children: Robert Edward Alan, June Whitney.
