| William Daley | |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Hastings-on-Hudson, New York |
| Death Place: | Elkins Park, Pennsylvania |
| Alma Mater: | Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Employer: | University of the Arts, Philadelphia |
| Known For: | ceramics art, professor |
William Patrick Daley (March 7, 1925 – January 16, 2022) was an American ceramist and professor, known for large scale, contemporary, unglazed stoneware.[1]
Daley was born on March 7, 1925, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.[2] [3] He attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1950, and Teachers College, Columbia University and graduated with a degree in 1952.[4] He initially taught at state schools in Iowa and New York. Daley taught ceramics from 1957 until 1990 at University of the Arts, Philadelphia.[5]
He received a gold medal in 2003 from the American Craft Council.
Daley’s work is in various public collections including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[6] Museum of Art and Design, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Philadelphia Museum of Art,[7] among others.
He died in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, on January 16, 2022, at the age of 96.[2] [8]