Childhood and early education in Kansas; University of Kansas, 1925-29; development as an artist; Greenwich house, New York City, 1929; elementary school teacher in Kansas, 1930-32; Art professor, School of the Museum Art Association, 1932; studies in Stockholm, 1935; pilot shop work with occupational therapists, 1944; teacher at Handy and Harman, 1947-50; return to commission work in Massachusetts , 1950; techniques of jewelry design, metal smithing, enameling; impressions of Baron Eric Fleming.