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LTC Thomas
Pelham Curtis, II
Thomas Pelham Curtis,
II, born in New York City, was the son of
Thomas Pelham Curtis of Boston and Elizabeth Delafield
Longfellow of New York. LTC Curtis
grew up in Washington, D.C. Currently, he and his
wife, Denise W. Curtis, reside in Menomonee Fall,
Wisconsin. The Curtises have five children.
He is a graduate of
Sidwell Friends School,
Washington, D.C. and won the First Place award in Art.
LTC Curtis is a graduate of
Harvard College,
with an AB Degree in Architecture. He was cartoonist and
officer of The Harvard Lampoon and a member of the Hasty
Pudding Club and the Signet Society at Harvard. LTC
Curtis completed his
post-graduate studies in drawing at the
Corcoran School of Art in
Washington, D.C.
Commissioned an officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1960,
Curtis served five years active duty during the
Vietnam War; first at
Fort Belvoir, VA, and then in Germany from 1962 to
1965. From 1966 through 1987, he was active in the US Army
Reserves, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. LTC Curtis is a recipient of The Meritorious
Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, The Army
Commendation Medal, The National Defense Service
Medal, The Armed Forces Reserve Medal, and The Army
Reserve Component Medal.
LTC Curtis' professional career has included:
Editorial Cartoonist for The
Milwaukee Sentinel 1969-1983;
Editorial Cartoonist for National Review 1967-1985;Editorial
Cartoonist for Roll Call, the Newspaper of Capital
Hill 1966-1969; Illustrator for Imprimus 1968-2000;
Illustrator for Rally Magazine 1967-1969; Art Director
for PM Advertising 1984-1985; Owner, Curtis Studio
1985 - present; Art Teacher at
Brookfield Academy, Brookfield, WI 1986 - present.
Memberships
* New York State Society of the Cincinnati (President)
* General Society of Colonial Wars (former
Deputy Governor General from
Wisconsin;
former Governor of the
Wisconsin Society)
* National Gavel Society
* Colonial Order of the Acorn
*
Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in
America
* Order of the Founders and Patriots of
America (former Governor General)
* Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of
Independence
* General Society of Mayflower Descendants (former Governor of the
Wisconsin Society
* Baronial Order of Magna Charta (former Baron)
* Aztec Club of 1847
* General Society of the War of 1812 (President of the
Wisconsin Society)
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
* Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States (Commander of
the Wisconsin Commandery
* National Society Sons of the American Revolution (former
President of the
Wisconsin Society)
Chivalric Orders
*
Sovereign Military Order of the
Temple of Jerusalem
(Knight Grand Cross;
Grand Aumonier and Deputy Grand Prior for the Grand Priory of the
United
States of America;
Chancellor and Grand Commander of the Order of
Merit; Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award; The Legion of
Merit
with Oak Leaf Cluster; The Meritorious Service Medal and the
Pilgrim's
Medal;
*
Military and Hospitaller
Order
of Saint Lazarus of
Jerusalem
(Knight;
Recipient of The Bronze Cross of Merit)
* Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of
Zion (Knight
Grand Cross;
Recipient of the Imperial Solomonic Order of Merit in the grade of Grand
Cross;
Baronet of Gorgora)
Publications
The Turn of a Decade, Editorial Cartoons by Curtis, 1970
Curtis in Profile, 14 Years of Editorial Cartoons in the
Milwaukee Sentinel, 1983
Listed
In
The Social Register
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
Other Notes
LTC Curtis holds membership in The American Society of Portrait Artists;
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (Past
President);
The Copley Society of
Boston;
Knickerbocker Artists of
New York; and
Philadelphia
Society.
His art has been shown at the
Charles
Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1970, 1987, 1992;
the
People's Gallery,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1989;
Brookfield
Academy, Brookfield, Wisconsin 1990, 1995, 1999;
Ciao Cafe Italian Restaurant,
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin 2004.
LTC Curtis is an active member in the Episcopal Church,
serving as a member of the vestry and as past Senior
Warden. He is a member of Freemasons Lodge 363 in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Traces ancestry through the
Livingstons
to Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, and has been known
to wear a kilt and play the bag pipes.
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