Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note and Business Chronology
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1893, Nov. 5 | Born, Paris, France |
| 1910 | Graduated, University of Paris, Paris, France |
| 1914-1918 | Captain, Corps of Engineers, Fifth French Army, France |
| 1918 | Graduated, Ecole de Lanneau, Paris, France |
| 1919 | Emigrated to United States |
| 1919-1929 | Fashion illustrator, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Wanamaker's, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bonwit Teller |
| 1929 | Established industrial design office Redesigned Gestetner mimeograph machine Art director, Westinghouse Electrical Co. |
| 1931 | Married Jean Thomson (divorced 1945) |
| 1931-1934 | Designed Hupmobile, Hupp Motor Co. |
| 1932-1935 | Redesigned Coldspot refrigerator, Sears, Roebuck and Co. |
| 1935-1939 | Opened first London, England, office |
| 1937-1943 | Designed locomotives, Pennsylvania Railroad |
| 1938 | Became citizen of the United States |
| 1942 | Redesigned Lucky Strike cigarettes package |
| 1944 | Cofounded Society of Industrial Designers (later IDSA) Established Raymond Loewy Associates with A. Baker Barnhart, Jean Thomson Loewy, Jack Breen, and William Snaith |
| circa 1945 | Opened offices in Chicago, Ill., South Bend, Ind., and Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1946 | Designed Greyhound Scenicruiser bus |
| 1947 | Designed Coca-Cola dispenser Designed Champion car, Studebaker Corp. |
| 1948 | Married Viola Erickson |
| 1948-1951 | Opened second London, England office |
| 1949 | Incorporated the Raymond Loewy Corp. |
| 1951 | Published Never Leave Well Enough Alone (New York: Simon and Schuster. 377 pp.) |
| 1956 | Incorporation of the Raymond Loewy Corp. amended as Raymond Loewy and William Snaith, Inc., with William Snaith as managing partner |
| 1961 | Established Raymond Loewy/William Snaith, Inc., and Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Associates, Inc., with William Snaith as president and Raymond Loewy as chairman of the board Established Compagnie de l'Esthetique Industrielle, Paris, France |
| 1962 | Designed Avanti car, Studebaker Corp. |
| 1964 | Established Market Concepts, Inc., subsidiary for confidential research operations |
| 1966 | Developed Exxon Corp. name and logo |
| 1967 | Merged Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Associates, Chicago, Inc., with Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Associates, Inc. |
| 1967-1973 | Habitability consultant, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Skylab project |
| 1969 | Opened third office, London, England |
| 1972 | Designed Fairchild-Hiller Safety Car, Fairchild-Hiller, Inc. |
| 1974 | Death of William Snaith; Loewy firms near bankruptcy |
| 1975 | Established Raymond Loewy International by merging all coexisting corporations |
| 1976 | Sold Raymond Loewy International to Sheridan Funding Corp. Established Museum Administration and Planning Services, Inc. (MAPS) as a subsidiary Opened office, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1977 | Raymond Loewy International declared bankruptcy Industrial design operations sold to former employee, David Butler, to form Lister and Butler, Inc. Function and Vision, Inc., organized as debtor in possession to handle liquidation of Raymond Loewy International |
| 1977 | Established Sheridan Associates specializing in interior design |
| 1986, July 14 | Died, Monte Carlo, Monaco |