biography of Donna Melissa STODDARD (1916)

Birth place: Saint Petersburg, FL

Addresses: Lakeland, FL

Profession: Art administrator, educator, writer, painter

Studied: Florida Southern College, B.S., 1937; Pittsburgh Art Inst.; Penn. State College, Medicine, 1942; NY School Interior Design, 1953; Univ. Tampa, 1959; Univ. Florida 1960; Philathea College, hon. LHD, 1968.

Exhibited: Awards: Florida Southern College, 1942; AAPL, 1951; Am. Cult. Award, 1952; Grumbacher Award, 1953; Miami Women's Club Gold Medal, 1953.

Member: Am. Assn. Univ. Women; Florida Fed. Art; College Art Assn. Am.; Nat. AA; Southeastern College AA; Royal Soc. Art, London (fellow); Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.

Comments: Positions: exec. dept. official art, Florida Southern College, 1940-; WEDU-TV Co. art chmn, art auction, 1968-69. Publications: contributor, Design Magazine. Collections arranged: directed Florida Int. Art Exhib., 1952; organized & installed permanent contemporary art collection, Florida Southern College.