Charles A. Arnold, Jr.

Charles A. Arnold, Jr.

American, 1922–2011
Birth placeProvidence, Rhode Island, United States
Death placeRochester, New York, United States
Biographyb. August 31, 1922 in Providence, RI; died October 17, 2011.

Born in Providence RI and graduated from the Rhode Island School of design with a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree. Moved to Rochester when he was offered a position at the George Eastman House where among other responsibilities, he served as Editorial Assistant of "Image" magazine in 1954-1955. He was a professor of photography at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester NY for 31 years, beginning in 1956, where he helped to write the BFA Photography program and was its first chairman. He was a pioneer in the art of Xerography (electrostatic imaging processes). He was a Navy WWII veteran.
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