Background
Stapp, Ray Veryl was born on July 10, 1913 in Norton, Kansas, United States. Son of William Bailey and Martha Matilda (Bryant) Stapp.
Stapp, Ray Veryl was born on July 10, 1913 in Norton, Kansas, United States. Son of William Bailey and Martha Matilda (Bryant) Stapp.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bethany College, 1937. Postgraduate, Kansas City Art Institute, 1938. Postgraduate, Art Students League, 1946—1948.
Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1952. Doctor of Education, Pennsylvania State University, 1963.
Art, English teacher Junior and Senior High School, Beloit, Kansas, 1939—1941. Art teacher public schools Muskegon, Michigan, 1941—1942. Assistant professor art Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, 1949—1956.
Associate professor art Edinboro State College, Pennsylvania, 1957—1964. Professor art Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, 1964—1979, retired. Engraver Litho Department Hallmark Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1937—1939.
Advertising artist Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1948—1949. Production illustrator Boeing Airplane Company, 1956—1957. Served United States Army, 1942-1945.
Council member Augustana Lutheran Church, Denver, 1983—1984.
Married Nelouise Vere Hodges, September 4, 1951. Children: Eric Hodges, Paul Warren.