Attended Bowling Green State University.
Bernie Casey is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the internationally recognized Savannah College of Art and Design.
Former pro football player.
Graduate of Columbus East High School in Columbus, Ohio.
Has both a B.A. and a M.A. in Fine Arts from Bowling Green State University.
Is also an accomplished painter whose work has been widely exhibited and a poet with several published books to his name.
Played for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers (1961-1966) and Los Angeles Rams (1967-1968).
While he was playing pro football, he was profiled by NFL Films where he was interviewed while painting. He said during the interview that he only played football for money, and if he could make as much money painting, he wouldn't play at all.