Houghton, Michigan – Michigan Tech alumnus William Carmody and his wife, Erlene Carmody, have donated 12 new limited edition wildlife prints to the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (SFRES) at Michigan Tech. They will be on display at a grand opening of the expanded Donald W. Carmody Wildlife Art Exhibit from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 3, in the U.J. Noblet Forestry Building. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served.
The exhibit already includes 85 prints and five original watercolors by Michigan artist Dietmar Krumrey, as well as five prints by Roger Tory Peterson and six prints by David A. Maass. Most of the birds and mammals pictured are found in Upper Michigan, among them the wolf, ruffed grouse, gray squirrel, white-tailed deer and bald eagle.
Krumrey was born in Germany and emigrated to the US with his family at the age of three. His family settled in Chicago but relocated to the UP, where Krumrey developed his interest in native wildlife. He worked as an artist for Hallmark in Kansas City and returned to the UP to live and paint near the lakes and forest that inspired his work.
Peterson, born in upstate New York, joined the Junior Audubon Club as a child and became completely absorbed in the world of birds. He began making field sketches of birds in the wild to help him identify them and soon decided to become an artist. His landmark book, A Field Guide to the Birds, was published in 1934.
Maass, an avid sportsman and contributer to conservation organizations, paints a world seen through a hunter’s eyes. Twice te winner of the Federal Duck Stamp compeetition, Maass is considered North America’s premier waterfowl painter. Ducks Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Minnesota Wildlife Heritage Foundation have each named Maass their Artist of the Year.
William Carmody graduated from Michigan Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1961. He is retired from Dow Chemical. His father, Donald W. Carmondy earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1935, and William’s son, Donald, also attended Tech, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1991.
“The School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science acknowledges with gratitude the gift of such a fine collection,” said SFRES Dean Peg Gale.
After the grand opening, the exhibit can be viewed in the academic office area of the Noblet Building and the upper level of Horner Hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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