CARTOONIST PROFILE

Bio

Born November 7, 1945. Was the first full-time editorial cartoonist in the history of the oldest newspaper in America, the Hartford Courant (1980 to 2015.) Formerly worked at Chicago American/ Today (1967 to 1972), Journal-Gazette in Fort Wayne, IN (1973 to 1975) and Dayton, Ohio Journal Herald (1975 to 1980). Has won awards from the U.N. Population Institute, H.L. Mencken Award, Planned Parenthood. Was the sole nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in 1980. His work is in the collections of the Billy Ireland Ohio State Cartoon Library, IU-Purdue University Library in Fort Wayne, Connecticut Historical Society and Eastern Connecticut State University. He has donated his cartoons, illustrations and papers to the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut. He was adjunct professor at Eastern Connecticut Sate University, and is on the Board of Trustees Connecticut Foundation For Open Government and the Mark Twain House and Museum. He still draws 12 cartoons per month for Caglecartoons.com. Englehart lives in Middletown, CT with his wife Pat McGrath. Together they have three grown children and four grandchildren and one great-grandson.