Background
Eckert, William Dean was born on October 10, 1927 in Coshocton, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Alvin and Ethel Nydia (Gonter) Eckert.
Eckert, William Dean was born on October 10, 1927 in Coshocton, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Alvin and Ethel Nydia (Gonter) Eckert.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, 1950. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1961.
Instructor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1951-1952; instructor, College of Wooster, Ohio., 1953-1954; instructor, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, 1954-1957; graduate assistant, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1957-1959; associate professor, Western Illinois U., Macomb, 1959-1965; associate professor, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1965-1968; professor art history, painting, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Missouri, 1968-1991; professor emeritus, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, since 1991. Juror Albany The Art Institute of Chicago, 1968, An Art Affair, St. Louis, 1989. AdvisorAssocs. of the Fine Arts, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, 1977-1991.
Corporal United States Army Air Corps, 1945-1947, PTO. Member Asian Art Society St. Louis (board directors, publications chair since 1992), St. Louis Artists' Guild (Board of Governors, treasurer 1996-1997), Art St. Louis, Society Architectural Historians, The Decorative Arts Trust.