Background
Klitzke, Theodore Elmer was born on November 4, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Frederick and Edith (Bachmann) Klitzke.
Klitzke, Theodore Elmer was born on November 4, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Frederick and Edith (Bachmann) Klitzke.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, 1940; Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1953; Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago, 1980; Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Maryland. Institute, College Art, 1982.
Instructor art history University Chicago, 1946-1947. Education adviser United States Armed Forces in Germany, Nurnberg, 1948-1951. Assistant professor art history New York State College Ceramics, State University of New York, Alfred, 1953-1959.
Professor art history, chairman department University Alabama, 1959-1968. Vice president academy affairs, dean Maryland Institute, College Art, 1968-1982, president, 1977-1978, Baltimore News Network, 1989-1997. Member accessions committee Baltimore Museum Art, 1979-1982.
Juried art exhibition Art Institute of Chicago & University Chicago, 1938—1941.
Board directors Alabama chapter American Civil Liberties Union, 1965-1968. Board directors Southwest Alabama Self-Help Housing, 1966-1968. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946.
Member American Association of University Professors, Southeastern College Art Conference (president 1961-1962), College Art Association, National Association Schools Art (director 1971-1974, member commission on accreditation 1975-1978, treasurer 1980-1982, fellow 1981), Print and Drawing Society of Baltimore Museum Art (president 1974-1976), Union Indiana Colleges Art (chairman planning committee 1977-1980), American Studies Association, College Art Association American, Johns Hopkins Club (Baltimore).
Married Margaret Bridget Gaughan, February 23, 1946. Children: Annetta, Margaret.