ABOUT JONATHAN VAN VOORHEES
Jonathan Van Voorhees was born in Shreveport, Louisiana at
Confederate Memorial Hospital on August 21, 1953. His
father, Harold A. Voorhees, was a retired Army Air Corp
machinist, bookkeeper, and draftsman; his mother Margaret
Lou Hulion Voorhees, was a housewife, waitress, and
restaurant manager. Jonathan was raised in the Greenacres
subdivision of Bossier City, Louisiana. He attended
Plantation Park Elementary School, Parkway Junior High
School, Bossier High School, Airline High School in Bossier
CIty, Byrd High School in Shreveport, and Southside High
school in Monroe, Louisiana. He published his first tabloid
newspaper when he was only 16.
He volunteered for service in the US Army, was sent to boot
camp at Fort Ord, California and was honorably discharged
for medical reasons from basic training. He received his GED
upon separation from the Army in 1972.
He had a short lived marriage to Kathleen Runnells in 1972
who had a son in 1973, and they divorced that same year. He
worked Colorprint Corporation developing 35mm film, also for
Acme Outdoor Advertising and Tri-B Advertising designing and
painting billboards during that time.
After his discharge from the Army he resumed publishing the
tabloid newspaper. During this time he had several
confrontations with police and the Commissioner of Public
Safety, Goerge D'Artois, over the content of the newspaper.
The paper championed many liberal causes such as
legalization of marijuhana, abortion rights, civil rights,
and other social issues.
He attended Louisiana Tech University in 1974 as an arts
major. He did not complete his degree requirements.
After dropping out of university he attended trade school
where he earned his cosmetology license. He worked as a
hairstylist, masseur, and make-up artist for over 30 years
and has written two books on the subject.
He lived in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 until 1982. In
1982 he and his girlfriend moved to Key West, Florida where
they spent the summer working on the schooner Western Union.
The Western Union was built in 1939 in Key West and is on
the National Historic Register as the last working sailboat
built in the United States. From Key West they moved to San
Francisco, California where they split up. Jonathan moved to
Dallas, Texas staying with friends until he could afford his
own place.
During his 30+ years in Dallas he worked as a hair and
make-up artist for local and national celebrities, the
Dallas Press Club Gridiron Show, the Dallas Theater Center
as Assistant House Manager; the Vice President of the Dallas
Screenwriters Association, owner of three hair salons,
published of the Word arts magazine, organizer of the
Dallas Arts Summit, chair of the Dallas Film Commission Task
Force's Research and Resources Committee, and city council
candidate for district 14.
He was married to Particia Harper Van Voorhees in 1984 and
had three children with her, Ellen Alicia Jordan Van
Voorhees Shaw, Jonathan Patrick Alexander Van Voorhess, and
Elizabeth Margaret Mackinzie Van Voorhees.
He currently lives in Tyler, Texas where he maintains a
studio.
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