Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling (October 21, 1876 - February 12, 1962) was a Pulitzer-Prize winning American cartoonist.
Darling was born in Norwood, Michigan, where his parents, Marcellus and Clara, had recently moved so that Marcellus could begin work as a minister. In 1886 the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa. Darling began college at Yankton College in South Dakota in 1894, changing to Beloit College in Wisconsin the following year. There he became art editor of the yearbook and began signing his work as a contraction of his last name, "D'ing," a nickname which stuck.
In 1900 Ding became a reporter for the Sioux City Journal newspaper. Following his marriage to Genevieve Pendleton in 1906, he began work with the Des Moines Register and Leader. In 1911 he moved to New York and worked with the New York Globe but returned to Des Moines in 1913. Three years later, in 1916, he returned to New York and accepted a position with the New York Herald Tribune. By 1919 Darling returned a final time to Des Moines where he continued his illustrious career as a cartoonist, twice receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. His cartoons were published from 1917-1949 in the New York Herald Tribune.
Although Jay "Ding" Darling is mostly known for his political and conservation cartoons, he also an important figure in the conservation movement. He conceived the idea for the Federal Duck Stamp program and drew the first stamp design. [1] Despite his inexperience, he was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as head of the U.S. Biological Survey, the forerunner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The
External links
- Biographical Information
- The Editorial Cartoons of J.N. "Ding" Darling, the Cowles Library Collection at Drake University
- The Editorial Cartoons of Ding Darling, Special Collections, the University of Iowa
References
- ^ "1934 Federal Duck Stamp". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.fws.gov/duckstamps/federal/stamps/1934fedstamp.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
| Preceded by Rollin Kirby |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning 1924 |
Succeeded by Rollin Kirby |
| Preceded by Herbert Lawrence Block |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning 1943 |
Succeeded by Clifford K. Berryman |
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