2002 Early retirement: Professor in Art 2002 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002 1992 International House Gallery, New York City 1988 Invited to exhibit: "L'Art Contemporain" Galerie Hautefeuille, Paris, France. 1988 Two works accepted Eleventh Biennal International, Vallauris, France 1979 to 1981 Designed/fabricated, with Andrea Benner-Disbro as partner, original porcelain character and portrait dolls marketed through Benner-Disbro Studio in eastern half of United States. 1972 Created Gentle Earth Pottery, exhibited and sold in galleries and fairs in NY, PA, OH, VA, MD, FL, NJ, NC and Washington D.C. Sold pottery business in 1975. Public Art Commissions: 1991 OREGON ARTS COUNCIL- Univ. of Oregon Athletic Center, exterior stainless steel piece. ($12,000.) 1991 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - City of Palm Desert, Calif. Exterior sculpture pieces for new municipal services building, part of Civic Center complex. ($44,000.) 1989 UTAH ARTS COUNCIL- Weber State College, Plaza Sculpture, Stainless Steel figures. ($55,000.) Museum Collections: 1991 Museum at Castelli, Institute of Art, Teramo, Italy. (Two ceramic pieces, permanent collection) 1986 "Albert's Dream" series became a part of the permanent collection of the State University of New York. Publications: 2006 Author: 100 Things Every College Freshman Ought to Know - Second Edition, Publisher: Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute, used in over 100 colleges and universities. 1995 Author: 100 Things Every College Freshman Ought to Know, Publisher: Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute, 8th printing, used in over 100 colleges and universities. 1991 International Collection of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Museum at Castelli 1988 Catalog: ONZIEME BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DE CERAMIQUE D'ART 6 JUILLET-31 OCTOBRE 1988 - VALLAURIS 1989 (Revised 1995) Three photographs published in SCULPTURE: Technique, Form, Content, by Arthur Williams Images and Content ©2009 William Disbro