J. Richard Sorby

American, (1911–2001)

J. Richard Sorby was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1911. He attended University of Northern Colorado, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Colorado, University of Minnesota, University of Americans in Mexico City, and The Art Institute of Chicago. Sorby taught at Greeley High School before teaching at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and at the University of Denver. He died in Sand Diego, California in 2001.