biography of William Brown MCNETT (1896-1969)

Birth place: Omaha, NE

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA

Profession: Illustrator, lithographer, painter, teacher, graphic artist

Studied: Johns Hopkins Medical Sch.; PAFA; Phila. Graphic Sketch C.; with Roy Nuse, Daniel Garber, Max Brodel, Francis Speight, J. Enkeboll; Lasar; Raditz. f., PAFA; f., Bryn Mawr A. Center.

Exhibited: Phila. WCC, 1938, 1941 (prize); Phila. A. All.; AWCS, 1941 (prize); Wanamaker Exh., Phila.; Phila. Pr. C.; Am. Color Pr. S; Montgomery County AA; North Carolina State Exh., 1958.

Member: Assn. Medical Illus. (vice-pres., 1947-48, bd. govs., 1945-52); Am. Color Print Soc.; Durham A. Gld. (vice-pres., 1954-55, pres., 1955-56); Phila. Alliance; Graphic Sketch CI.; A. Union

Work: Flora Macdonald Col.; Am. Color Pr.S.; Davidson Col.; LOC; Shoemaker Jr. H.S., Phila., Pa

Comments: Lectures: Anatomy for Artists. Positions: founder-dir., Dept. Medical Art, Temple Medical Sch., Phila., Pa., 1932-36; ed., Blakiston Co., 1944-52; chief, Arts Section-Medical, V.A. Hosp., Durham, NC, 1954-58; visual information specialist, Memphis Air Force Depot, 1958-61; freelance medical illustrator. Author, illus.: Neurology,by Gotten, 1941, Fractures, by Bancroft, 1943, Surgery, by Hill, 1946 (all textbooks); illustr., chapter in Medical Writing. Fishbein, 2nd ed., 1948; illus. 25 major medical text books, 1928-54; editor, Blakiston's Medical Dictionary, 1949, Morris" Human Anatomy, 11th ed., 1953; American Red Cross First Aid Textbook, 1945, etc. Contributor to Science Counsellor, 1950; Journal of Assn. of Medical Illustrators.

Sources: WW66; WW47."