Background
Paul, William Dewitt was born on September 26, 1934 in Wadley, Georgia, United States. Son of William DeWitt and Sonoma Elizabeth (Tinley) Paul.
artist educator Photographer museum director
Paul, William Dewitt was born on September 26, 1934 in Wadley, Georgia, United States. Son of William DeWitt and Sonoma Elizabeth (Tinley) Paul.
Student, Emory University, summer 1952; student, University Rome, summer 1953; student, Georgia State College Business Administration, Atlanta, since 1953, summer 1956; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Atlanta The Art Institute of Chicago, 1955; Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Georgia, 1958; Master of Fine Arts, U. Georgia, 1959.
Instructor art and art history, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1960-1961;
director exhibitions, instructor art history, Kansas Missouri The Art Institute of Chicago, 1959-1964;
curator study collections, assistant professor art, Kansas Missouri The Art Institute of Chicago, 1964-1965;
coordinator basic courses department art, assistant professor art, U. Georgia, Athens, 1965-1967;
curator, Georgia Museum Art
associate professor art, Georgia Museum Art, 1967-1969;
director, Georgia Museum Art
associate professor, Georgia Museum Art, 1969-1980;
professor, Georgia Museum Art, since 1997. Lecturer Boston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Antonio, Memphis, Birmingham. Chairman visual arts review panel Georgia Council for Arts and Humanities, 1976-1977.
Vice president Arts Festival Atlanta, 1982, 84, 85, trustee, 1982-1993. Guest artist Arts Festival Atlanta, 1987. Member parents council Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1986-1987.
Member American Federation Arts (trustee 1969-1981), College Art Association, American Association Museums (council 1981), Lovis Corinth Memorial Foundation, Georgia Alliance Arts Education (director 1975-1977), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Dorothy Hefling, September 2, 1962. Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Barbara Susan, Dorothy Annual.