Background
Slettehaugh, Thomas Chester was born on May 8, 1925 in Minneapolis. Son of Melvin Joseph and Gertrude Mary (Henry) Slettehaugh.
Slettehaugh, Thomas Chester was born on May 8, 1925 in Minneapolis. Son of Melvin Joseph and Gertrude Mary (Henry) Slettehaugh.
Diploma naval air fighter pilot and aeronautical engineering, Williams College, University South Carolina and University Georgia, 1943—1945. Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1949. Master of Education, University Minnesota, 1950.
Student, Syracuse University, 1954. Doctor of Education, Pennsylvania State University, 1956.
Graduate teaching assistant University Minnesota, 1949—1950. Art educator Minneapolis Public Schools, 1950, Albert Lea High School, 1950—1952. Professor, head art department State Teachers University, Springfield, South Dakota, 1952—1954.
Art instructor, educational television artist Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1954—1956. Professor art State College at Slippery Rock, 1956—1962. Visiting professor art education Center for Syracuse University, Chautauqua, New York, 1957—1958.
Professor art, head art and art education Frostburg State College, Maryland, 1962—1968. Professor art, head fine arts, director gallery and museum Mississippi University for Women, 1968—1970. Associate professor art education, full member graduate school College Education and Human Development University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1970—1987, professor emeritus, since 1987.
Visiting professor art Cambridge University, 1976—1977, Leicester Polytechnic, 1976—1977, Heidelburg University, Germany, 1976—1977, Fine Arts Center, Almeria, Spain, 1976—1977, Cultural Center, Zagreb, Croatia, 1976—1977, Pedagogy Institute, Budapest, Hungary, 1976—1977, Fine Art School, Vienna, 1976—1977, Friendship Center, Moscow, 1976—1977. Visiting scholar Educational Bureau, Xian, China, 1981, Catholic University, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1984, Centro Artistico Artesanai, Buenos Aires, 1984, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, 1986—1988, Casa Strobele, Borgo/Valsugana, Italy, 1991, Museu de Arte Contemproanea da University, São Paulo, 1991, International Creativita Arte Sella, 1992, Humboldt University, Germany, 1993, University Lisbon, 2004. Aviation cadet United States Navy, 1943-1945.
Member of Scottish Society Art and Psychopathology, International Union Architects, International Council on Education for Teaching, International Association Empirical Aesthetics, International Society Aesthetics, International Congress Art Historians, International Society Education through Art (United States representative on world council), United States Society for Education through Art, National Art Education Association, Partners of Americas, Minnesota/Uruguay, University Minnesota Woman's Club (quasi-member art section 2004).
Married Mary Madonna Rude, June 18, 1946. Children: Mary Lee, John Thomas, MaryPaul Karen, Joan Diane, Peter Ford.