Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
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William Joseph was a student from 1941 to 1951. He served in Army Air Force during WWII. Before BMC, he attended Attended University School of Cincinnati ,1924-1936, Dartmouth College 1936-1937, Attended Harvard University- College, 1937-1940- B.A., and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1940-1941.
Relationships
Wife: Fellow BMC Student, Wilma Fuerstenberg
Courses Taken
Fall 1941: Drawing with Albers, Architecture with Kocher, Werklehre with Albers [looks like he was only able to stay a few weeks before going back to Harvard]
Summer Art Institute 1945: Weaving with Anni Albers, Painting with L. Feininger, Color and Design with Josef Albers, and Sculpture with Zadkine
Fall 1945-1946: Weaving with Anni Albers, Drawing and Painting with Josef Albers, and Woodworking with Molly Gregory
Winter 1945-1946: Weaving with Anni Albers, Drawing, Painting, and Design with Josef Albers
Spring 1945-1946: Weaving with Anni Albers, Drawing, Painting, and Design with Josef Albers, Work Program
Summer Art Institute 1946: Color with Josef Albers and Weaving with Anni Albers.
Fall 1946-1947: Weaving I and Weaving II with Franziska Mayer
Spring 1946-1947: Weaving I and II with Guermonprez and Mayer,Drawing with Ilya Bolotowsky, Farming with Ray Trayer
Fall 1947-1948: Weaving with Trudi Guermonprez, and Drawing with Bolotowsky
Spring 1947-1948: Design with Josef Albers, Weaving with Anni Albers and Trudi Guermonprez
Summer Art Institute 1948: Color with J. Albers, Architecture and Industrial Engineering with Buckminster Fuller
1948-1949: General Chemistry, Elementary Physics with Natasha Goldowski
Spring 1948-1949: Organic Chemistry, Elementary Mathematics with N. Goldowski
Summer Session 1949: Introduction to Mathematics with Scholtz, Calculus with Scholtz, Physics-Classical and Modern with Nathan Rosen.
Fall 1949-1950: Advanced Physics with Goldowski, Intro to Math with Dehn, Geometry for Artists with Dehn, Calculus with Dehn
Spring 1949-1950: Calculus with Dehn, Geometry for Artists with Dehn
Fall 1950-1951: Geometry with Dehn, Work Program
Spring 1950-1951: Geometry with Dehn, Calculus with Dehn
Transcript request from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina, Raleigh November 1949- Joseph wanted to enter their School of Textiles January 1950.
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