John Glick (1938 - 2017), earned his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1962, then operated Plum Tree Pottery in Farmington Hills, Michigan, from 1964 through 2016. There he mentored numerous young artists through his assistantship program. Among his accolades are two Louis Comfort Tiffany awards, and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. He was a prolific writer, and his work appears in numerous books on ceramics.