Paul John Zelanski
Art educator, author
Born Apr. 13, 1931, Hartford (CT), U.S.; son of Jan and Sophia (Verkowska); married Annette (Harding); children: John, Noemi, Ruth.
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1957; Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Bowling Green State University (OH), 1959.
Career: art instructor, North Texas State University, 1959-62; instructor, assistant prof., associate prof., 1962-76, prof., 1976 -, University of Connecticut, Storrs; visiting prof., Cracow Academy of Fine Arts (Poland), 1990.
Author: Design Principles and Problems, 1984; Shaping Space, 1987; The Art of Seeing, 1988; Color, 1989; lecturer, Huntington Museum (WV), 1990; art show juror, Willimatic Paint and Palette Club (CT), 1991.
Member of: Connecticut Academy of Art; American Computing Machine: Sigraph.
Honors: artist in residence, McDowell Colony, 1963; film studies, University of Connecticut, 1968; researcher, Connecticut Commission on Arts, 1974; study on G. Tingley, University of Connecticut, 1978.
Served with: U.S. Army, corporal, 1952-55.
Affiliation: Democrat. Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish.
Hobbies: reading, collecting posters, computers.
Home: 17 Cowles Road, Willington, CT 06279.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.