People

The individuals mentioned on this page influenced my work and thinking in art, life, and career. They are teachers, mentors, supporters and friends.

David Foster

Professor and Department Head, University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts.

Kenneth O’Connell

Professor, University of Oregon, Art Department.

Lazslo Moholy Nagy

Artist, Professor, Founder The New Bauhaus, The Institute of Design, Chicago.

Katherine Mc Coy,

Professor, IIT Institute of Design, Chicago. Head of the Design Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Robert Kostka

Artist, Professor, University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts.

Juliette Anthony

Philanthropist, Environmental supporter, Research Librarian, Harvard, Grantor, The Rose Foundation, Supporter “Who Are My People?” film by Robert Lundahl.

Beatrice Charles and

Adeline Smith

Native American Leaders/Elders, Linguists.

Frank Waters

Author. Mystic, ethnologist. Recipient, New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.

Linda Wiechman

Artist. Native American Teacher.

Carol Van Strum

Environmental Activist, Author

Bonnie Hill

Nurse, Teacher, Activist

Joan Halifax

Anthropologist, Roshi

R. Buckminster Fuller

Architect, Inventor, Visionary

Alfredo Acosta Figueroa

Cultural Monitor, Activist, Author

Matthew Leivas, Sr.

Tribal Leader, Environmentalist