Nicholas was born on December 14, 1910, in
Vermilion, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles with his parents when he was 10. Among his later Disney credits were
Lady and the Tramp,
Cinderella, as well as
The Jetsons TV series. When Nicholas died, he left an extensive collection of his own animation work, as well as that of other prominent animators such as
Ward Kimball,
John Lounsbery and
Milt Kahl, which he bequeathed to
Edinboro University. Working with the
Erie Art Museum, his daughter Donna Nicholas organized a traveling exhibition of the best these works, called
From Mickey to the Grinch: Art of the Animated Film. Those works were then auctioned off to fund a memorial scholarship in his memory. ==References==