Background
McCall, Robert The was born on December 23, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Harry and Lena (Storch) M.
McCall, Robert The was born on December 23, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Harry and Lena (Storch) M.
Student, Columbus (Ohio) Fine Art School, 1938-1939.
McCall was an illustrator for Life magazine in the 1960s, created promotional artwork for Stanley Kubrick"s film 2001: A Space Odyssey and Richard Fleischer"s production Tora! Tora! Tora! and worked as an artist for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, documenting the history of the Space Race. McCall was also production illustrator on Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The character Commander William Riker expressed admiration for the work of "Bob McCall" in one episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
McCall"s work can be found on United States. postage stamps, and also National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission patches such as for Apollo 17.
His murals grace the walls of the National Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art, The Pentagon, Epcot, and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. McCall died in 2010 of heart failure in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Joe Johnston
Ralph McQuarrie.
With United States Air Force, 1942-1945. Member Rotary.