ASU remembers

   

Clyde W. Watson

Chairman, Art Dept. - 1975 to 1977

Professor Emeritus - 1989

   

  

Photo of backlit cactus

  

July 19, 2007

Clyde W. Watson, 79, of Scottsdale, AZ, died on July 19, 2007.  In 1945 he entered the Army Air Corp, serving with the Occupation Forces in Japan.  After discharge from the Air Corp, he attended Kansas State University and Bethany College, graduating from the latter with a degree in Fine Arts in 1952.  Subsequently he received a Masters Degree from Kansas State University. Clyde taught Art in public schools in Kansas, followed by tenures at the University of Arizona, The Ohio State University and ASU.  He served as Chairman of the ASU Art Department from 1975-77 and retired as Professor Emeritus in 1989. He considered himself a "survivor" after receiving two kidney transplants, the first in September, 1981 and the second in May, 1997.  He is survived by his wife, Lois, three sons, a daughter and two granddaughters.