Background
Preuss, Roger Emil was born on January 29, 1922 in Waterville, Minnesota, United States. Son of Emil W. and Edna (Rosenau) Preuss.
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Roger Emil Preuss
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, Mankato Commercial College. Student, Minneapolis School Art.
Career
Emeritus instructor Minneapolis College Art and Design. Emeritus Minneapolis Institute Arts Speakers Bureau. Former judge Goodyear National Conservation Awards Program.
Founder United States Federal Roger Preuss Waterfowl Production Area, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, 1997. Former advisor Wildlife Forever National Fish-Art Contest.
Achievements
Membership
Delaware National Wildlife Conference. Board directors emeritus Voyageurs National Park Association, Deep-Portage Conservation Foundation. Board directors Wetlands for Wildlife United States of America.
Active Wildlife American. Co-organizer, vice president, board directors Minnesota Conservation Federation, 1952-1954. Member United States Hospitalized Veterans Venison Program, since 1957.
Trustee Liberty Bell Education Foundation. Waseca Arts Council; founder, director Roger Preuss Conservation Preserve for Study of Nature, since 1990. Fellow International Institute Arts (life), Society Animal Artists (emeritus), North America Mycological Association, National Wildlife Federation (national wildlife week chairman Minnesota), Minnesota Ducks Unlimited (board directors emeritus), Minnesota Artists Association (Vice-President, board directors 1953-1959), Outdoor Writers American (emeritus), Society Artists and Art Dirs.
(emeritus), American Artists Professional League (emeritus), Minneapolis Society Fine Arts, Wildlife Society, Minnesota Mycological Society (president emeritus, honorary life member), Le Sueur County History Society (honorary life member), Minnesota Conservation Federation (honorary life), Wildlife Artists World (charter member, international vice president since 1986, chairman fine arts board), International Platform Association (emeritus), Great Lakes Outdoor Writers (emeritus), The Prairie Chicken Society (patron), The Sharp-tailed Grouse Society (patron), Mission OceanicArctic, 1992, Beaverbrook Club (honorary life), Minnesota Press Club (emeritus), Explorers Club (New York City, emeritus).
Connections
Married MarDee Ann Germundson, December 31, 1954 (deceased March 1981).
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Stamp Design award United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., 1994, Minn.Outdoor award, 1956, Patron of Conservation award, 1956, award for contributions conservation Minnesota Statehood Centennial Commission, 1958, 1st award American Industrial Development Council, citation of merit Veterans of Foreign Wars, award of merit Military Order Cootie, 1963, merit award Minnesota Waterfowl Association, 1976, silvermedal National Sons of the American Revolution, 1978, Superior vena cava syndrome to Arts and Environmental award Faribault ArtCtr., 1981, Partners for Wildlife award United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., 1994. Named Wildlife Conservationist of the Year, Sears Foundation-National Wildlife Federation program, 1966, American Bicentennial Wildlife Artist, American Heritage Association, 1976. Honorary member Ontario Chippewa Nation of Canada, 1957. NamedKnight of Mark Twain for contributions to American art Mark Twain Society, 1978. Named to Water, Woods and Wildlife Hall of Fame, named Dean of Wildfowl Artists, 1981, Honorary Kentucky Colonel. Recipient honorary degree United States Veterans Venison program, 1980, Western American award significant contributions to preservation arts and history Northern Prairie Plains, Augustana College Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1992, Public Svc. award for outstanding contributions to American conservation and environmental unites states department Interior, 1996. Named creator first signed, numbered photolithographic print pub.in North America, 1959. Documented Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1993, colleague of Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, 1994. Grantee National Endowment for Humanities, 1995,Prairie Lakes Arts Council, 1995.Recipient Stamp Design award United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., 1994, Minn.Outdoor award, 1956, Patron of Conservation award, 1956, award for contributions conservation Minnesota Statehood Centennial Commission, 1958, 1st award American Industrial Development Council, citation of merit Veterans of Foreign Wars, award of merit Military Order Cootie, 1963, merit award Minnesota Waterfowl Association, 1976, silvermedal National Sons of the American Revolution, 1978, Superior vena cava syndrome to Arts and Environmental award Faribault ArtCtr., 1981, Partners for Wildlife award United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., 1994. Named Wildlife Conservationist of the Year, Sears Foundation-National Wildlife Federation program, 1966, American Bicentennial Wildlife Artist, American Heritage Association, 1976. Honorary member Ontario Chippewa Nation of Canada, 1957.
NamedKnight of Mark Twain for contributions to American art Mark Twain Society, 1978. Named to Water, Woods and Wildlife Hall of Fame, named Dean of Wildfowl Artists, 1981, Honorary Kentucky Colonel. Recipient honorary degree United States Veterans Venison program, 1980, Western American award significant contributions to preservation arts and history Northern Prairie Plains, Augustana College Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1992, Public Svc. award for outstanding contributions to American conservation and environmental unites states department Interior, 1996.
Named creator first signed, numbered photolithographic print pub.in North America, 1959. Documented Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1993, colleague of Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, 1994. Grantee National Endowment for Humanities, 1995,Prairie Lakes Arts Council, 1995.