Background
Kamys, Walter was born on June 8, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ludwik and Honorata (Krawczyk) Kamys.
Kamys, Walter was born on June 8, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ludwik and Honorata (Krawczyk) Kamys.
Diploma, The Art Institute of Chicago of Chicago, 1943.
Teacher Putney (Vermont) School, 1945—1946. Art instructor George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1947—1960. Professor University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1962—1987, director art acquisition program, 1962—1974, professor emeritus, since 1987.
Consultant Greenfield (Massachusetts) Regional Augmented Center Innovative Education, 1966. Juror Springfield Art League, 1969, Student Art Festival, Westfield (Massachusetts) State College, 1980. Member advisory committee Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, 1985-1989.
Married Eleanor Severine Hanson, August 31, 1944 (divorced February 1971). Children: Kristofer Jan, Timothy Marc.