Born in 1936, David Gabriele Camele was raised in the East Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati; the third of five children of Michelina de Blasio and Giuseppe Camele, immigrants from Bagnoli del Trigno in the Molise region of Italy. From 1942 to 1954, he attended s.Francis de Sales Grade School and Purcell [Marian] High School. From 1954 to 1959, he attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati, the Yale-Norfolk Summer School of Art in Connecticut, and s.John University in Minnesota. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1959 to 1964. Mary Ellen Brown and he were married in 1960 at s.Andrew Church in Cincinnati's Avondale. In 1962, they moved to Loveland Ohio. Their children, Catherine, Martha, Sarah, and John, were raised and schooled there. Camele worked part-time for artist/ designer, William Schickel in Loveland from 1955 to 1959. From 1959 to 1964, he was an Associate at William Shickel Design. He worked at the Cincinnati architecture firm of Tweddell-Wheeler- Strickland-Beumer, AIA, 1964 to 1965. In 1965, Camele began his own design practice, working from home as he would throughout his career. In collaboration with architects, builders, fabrication shops, IT professionals, photographers, and printers, he produced an extensive range of work. His clients and patrons have included... Abbey of Gethsemani American Jewish Committee Amity Unlimited Archdiocese of Cincinnati Architekton, AIA Art Academy of Cincinnati Athenaeum of Ohio Banks Sales Associates Beechmont Mall Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus Children's Meeting House Montessori School Christ Episcopal Church Christ the King Church Chronis Construction Company Church of the Redeemer Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati Police Division Citizensbank NA City of Cincinnati City of Loveland Clarence Jos. Rufus Rivers David J. Joseph Company Diem & Wing Paper Company Diocese of Covington Diocese of Southern Ohio Donohoo Accountants Economy Pattern and Castings Company Fierro Incorporated First Baptist Church Firat Savings and Loan Association Flomax Products Flottemesch & Son Franciscan Center Friars Club Gabrielle and Thomas Henskens GBBN Architects and Planners, AIA Geneva Otten and Dewey Steele Gerald David Rape Grailville Greenvalley Stores Holistic Health Center of Cincinnati Holy Family Church Holy Trinity Church Howard Ira Wells III Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Indian Hill Middle School International Molders and Allied Workers Union Isaac M. Wise Synagogue J. Leo Klein, SJ Jerry and Mary Morgenroth Jesuit Community at Xavier University Jim and Patti Morgenroth John Bentley Landscape Architects John Camele Kate and Rick Arnold Kees Henskens and Kallie Warner Loveland Firefighters Association Lower Price Hill Community School Lu and Roland Boike Mariemont Board of Education Martha Camele Mattec Corporation Mercy Center Meyer-Vogelpohl Company Michael J. Graham, SJ Michelina Henskens Milford Spiritual Center Model Valley Monika Jaumann Morgan Elementary School Morgenroth Development Company National Office for Black Catholics Opportunity Village Paul Bernard Henskens Presbytery of Cincinnati Ron and Ardelle Redder Roselawn Lutheran Church Sacred Heart Church s.Anthony Church s.Anthony Friary s.Columban Church s.Henry Church s.Joseph Church s.Martin de Porres Church s.Susanna Church s.Timothy Church s.Veronica Church Sarah and George Arnold II Schumacher-Dugan Development Schumacher Racing Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Stambaugh Incorporated Stimuli Incorporated Susan F. Glassmeyer The Works Restaurant Trefzger Products for Professionals Tweddell-Wheeler-Strickland-Beumer, AIA United Dairy Farmers Ursuline Academy Ursulines of Brown County Xavier University Xomox Corporation