William Daley was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, in 1925. His father William Sr. was a house painter with a love of literature. The younger William showed an early aptitude and interest in drawing. At the age of 18, he was serving in the US Army Air Corp during World War II when his plane was shot down over Germany, and he spent 10 months as a war prisoner. After the war he attended Massachusetts College of Art on the GI Bill, where initially he intended to major in painting. He switched to ceramics during his junior year, and he received his BS degree in 1950. Soon after, he completed his MA in art education at Columbia University Teachers College and landed his first teaching appointment at Iowa State Teachers College. Most of his nearly 40 years of teaching were spent at the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts). He considered himself a teacher first and foremost, and was known for his highly energetic engagement with his students. “I am a teacher who makes pots and things rather than a craftsman or artist who teaches,” he stated in a 1978 letter to the American Institute of Architects.

Measures:
24"W x 18"D x 20"H

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