Eugenia Campbell Nowlin (née Eugenia Campbell; 6 June 1908 – 15 August 2003) was an American arts administrator, civil servant, teacher, and artist. She was the chair of the United States Army arts and crafts program for almost 3 decades.[1] Nowlin was an Honorary Fellow of the American Craft Council starting in 1978.[2]

Biography

Nowlin as born 6 June 1908 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico; her father was a Methodist minister and her mother was a teacher.[3][4] She was raised in Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas.[3]

Nowlin attended Southern Methodist University (1929 BA degree in fine art) and Texas Woman's University (formally known as Texas State College for Women; 1939 MFA degree).[3][5] She was a still life and abstract painter.[5] During World War II, she worked with the American Red Cross in Europe.[6] She served as a Girl Scouts of the USA official in Minnesota.[6]

Nowlin was a United States Army department civilian employee, who helped establish global arts and recreation programs at the military branches, from 1950 to 1978.[3][7] She also taught art at George Washington University and at the NYU Washington, DC satellite campus.[3]

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