Joseph Fielding Catmull, Ph.D. died December 20, 1997, in Houston, Texas, of heart failure. He was buried at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Salt Lake City on December 23, 1997.
Born in Eagle Rock (Now Idaho Falls), Idaho on February 27, 1904 to Henry and Eliza Brunt Catmull. Dr. Catmull was reared in and near Rupert, Idaho. He married Verus Farnsworth in 1927. She predeceased him n 1989.
Educated at the University of Utah and the University of Minnesota, Dr. Catmull taught at both of those universities and at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. He retired from the University of Utah in 1967 and moved to Texas with his wife in 1973.
Although his teaching career focused on theatre arts, his education and interests were profoundly varied. He was a Yellowstone Park Naturalist during the summers from 1936 through 1959, where he lectured on history, geology, wildlife, and fish. He was a radio and TV personality in the Salt Lake area, known to many as the "Man from Walker Bank."
Joe Catmull traveled with the Farnsworth Players in the 1920's throughout the intermountain west and Texas, playing leading roles. The crown jewel of his acting career was his performance as Shakespeare's King Lear in 1946 at the University of Minnesota. The performance was acclaimed nationally and won him the honor of being on the cover of Theatre Arts magazine, published in London. The 19046 production was honored in 1956 as the outstanding accomplishment of the University of Minnesota Theatre Department from 1856 to 1956, and was produced again to celebrate that accomplishment in 1956.
Dr. Catmull was a serious seeker of truth and intolerant of uncritical thinking.
He is survived by his brother, Ferrel Catmull of Yucaipa, CA; and his five children: Ken Catmull of Houston, TX; Jolene Catmull of Salt Lake City; Sylvia Nichols of Dallas, TX; Jeanne Anne Kemps of Soda Springs, ID; and Ellen Connole of Denver, CO; as well as by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The last two lines of King Lear are:
The oldest hath borne most; we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.
T 12/3012/30
Edition: Final - Page: A6
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) - Wednesday, December 31, 1997
Joseph Fielding Catmull, Ph.D. died December 20, 1997, in Houston, Texas, of heart failure. He was buried at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Salt Lake City on December 23, 1997.
Born in Eagle Rock (Now Idaho Falls), Idaho on February 27, 1904 to Henry and Eliza Brunt Catmull. Dr. Catmull was reared in and near Rupert, Idaho. He married Verus Farnsworth in 1927. She predeceased him n 1989.
Educated at the University of Utah and the University of Minnesota, Dr. Catmull taught at both of those universities and at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. He retired from the University of Utah in 1967 and moved to Texas with his wife in 1973.
Although his teaching career focused on theatre arts, his education and interests were profoundly varied. He was a Yellowstone Park Naturalist during the summers from 1936 through 1959, where he lectured on history, geology, wildlife, and fish. He was a radio and TV personality in the Salt Lake area, known to many as the "Man from Walker Bank."
Joe Catmull traveled with the Farnsworth Players in the 1920's throughout the intermountain west and Texas, playing leading roles. The crown jewel of his acting career was his performance as Shakespeare's King Lear in 1946 at the University of Minnesota. The performance was acclaimed nationally and won him the honor of being on the cover of Theatre Arts magazine, published in London. The 19046 production was honored in 1956 as the outstanding accomplishment of the University of Minnesota Theatre Department from 1856 to 1956, and was produced again to celebrate that accomplishment in 1956.
Dr. Catmull was a serious seeker of truth and intolerant of uncritical thinking.
He is survived by his brother, Ferrel Catmull of Yucaipa, CA; and his five children: Ken Catmull of Houston, TX; Jolene Catmull of Salt Lake City; Sylvia Nichols of Dallas, TX; Jeanne Anne Kemps of Soda Springs, ID; and Ellen Connole of Denver, CO; as well as by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The last two lines of King Lear are:
The oldest hath borne most; we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.
T 12/3012/30
Edition: Final - Page: A6
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) - Wednesday, December 31, 1997
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