EDUCATION: 1957 - apprenticeships with mosaic master, Muenster
1957 - 59 - Werkkunstschule, Muenster: weaving, enameling 1960 - apprenticeship with fresco painter, Cincinnati
1960 - 63- Art Academy of Cincinnati: certificate in painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design
1962 - 64 - Xavier University, Cincinnati: liberal arts
1966 - 75 - BFA: German Literature, Art Education, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
1990 - MFA: Art Education, Art History, Case Western University and Cleveland Institute of Art
EMPLOYMENT: 1975 - 1976 - Art teacher, Parma School System, 1976 – 2011 - Professor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland

AWARDS: 2020 – Seven Hills Hall of Fame Award for excellence in Sculpture, Seven Hills, Ohio
2019 - The Burchfield Award for Artistic Excellence. The Cleveland Institute of Art
2011 - The Viktor Schreckengost Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Cleveland Institute of Art , CIA Emeritus
2009 - Judson Smart Living Award for contributing 35 years of Education in the University Circle.
1998 - Certificate of Merit, Premier Print Award from the Printing Industries of America for the book design: Julian Stanczak Retrospective: 1948-1998.