Steven Joseph Harrison died Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, astatine American Wings of Grace assisted surviving installation successful Albuquerque, N.M., little than 2 weeks shy of his 76th birthday.
Steve was calved Jan. 25, 1947, successful White Plains, N.Y., Steve was the lone lad of Joseph Harrison, an enforcement astatine Kennecott Copper Corporation, and the erstwhile Etta Belle Buckaloo of Lewes. He attended Pleasantville High School, wherever his creation teacher, Walter Hahn, encouraged him to prosecute a vocation successful aesculapian illustration. After 2 years of undergraduate survey astatine the University of Georgia, Athens, helium received his bachelor’s grade (1969) and master’s (1970) degrees successful that taxable from the Medical College of Georgia successful Augusta.
In 2012, Steve Harrison received the Association of Medical Illustrators’ Lifetime Achievement Award, the astir prestigious of the galore awards and honors helium earned during his 40-year vocation arsenic a aesculapian illustrator and educator. They see the Association of Medical Illustrators’ Brödel Award for Excellence successful Education (2006), the Louis Schmidt Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of biomedical communications from the BioCommunications Association (2009) and CINE Golden Eagle Awards from the Chicago and New York movie festivals.
Steve held positions astatine Baylor College of Medicine successful Houston and astatine the University of Texas Health Sciences Center successful Dallas. He was besides the aesculapian creation manager astatine Arizona Heart Institute, wherever helium served arsenic method advisor for “The Operation,” a 1983 nationalist tv programme featuring the archetypal unrecorded broadcast of an unfastened bosom procedure, and artist-in-residence astatine Barrow Neurological Institute successful Phoenix, Ariz. An progressive subordinate of the Association of Medical Illustrators since 1972, helium was a erstwhile seat of the Board of Governors, arsenic good arsenic a vice-chair of the Board of Certification of Medical Illustrators and a chap of the BioCommunications Association.
In 1991, Steve returned to the Medical College of Georgia to articulation the Department of Medical Illustration faculty, becoming seat of the section successful 1993. His long-standing involvement successful the indigenous creation of the American Southwest prompted a superior survey of the subject, resulting successful a doctorate successful creation acquisition from the University of Georgia successful 2008.
Having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s illness successful the aboriginal 2000s, Steve retired from the Medical College of Georgia successful 2011 to give much clip to his ain artwork, and to indulge successful his passionateness for automobile racing. The arrogant proprietor of an Alfa Romeo, helium sometimes attended nonrecreational meetings sporting a afloat driving suit, implicit with sponsor patches.
His marriages to Suzanne Ramberg-Becker, May S. Cheney, Janie Blankenship, Elizabeth Harmon and Jennifer Walker each ended successful divorce. He was preceded successful decease by his son, Timothy. His contiguous survivors are his son, Christopher Harrison, of Seattle, Wash.; and a half-sister, Helen H. Nicholson, of Sag Harbor, N.Y.
A memorial work is planned for the outpouring astatine St. Peter’s Cemetery successful Lewes, wherever helium volition beryllium interred with his family.
Contributions successful his representation to the Parkinson’s Foundation are suggested.
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