Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1910, July 14 | Born, Maywood, Ill. |
| 1927-1928 | Attended the experimental college, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
| 1928-1931 | Attended the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1932-1934 | Assistant art director, Conde Nast Publications |
| 1934-1935 | Art director, British Vogue, Conde Nast Publications |
| 1935-1937 | Art director, House & Garden, Conde Nast Publications |
| 1937-1938 | Associate art editor, Life magazine |
| 1938 | Married Elizabeth Reid Dewson (divorced) |
| 1938-1942 | Art editor, Fortune |
| 1942 | Chief, Visual Presentation Division, Office of Coordinator of Information, Washington, D.C. |
| 1942 | Chief, Graphics Division, Domestic Operations, Office of War Information, Washington, D.C. |
| 1943 | Technical Director, One World (unfinished motion picture), Twentieth Century Fox |
| 1944-1945 | Chief, Graphics and Exhibitions, European Division, Office of War Information., London and Paris |
| 1945 | Assistant to the editor-in-chief, McCall's |
| 1946 | Married Frances Margaret Myers |
| 1946 | Executive Editor, New Republic |
| 1947-1961 | Art advisor to the editor-in-chief, Time, inc. |
| 1961-1962 | Vice president, McCann-Erickson, advertising agency |
| 1962-1964 | Self-employed consultant |
| 1964 | Assistant to architect Edward Durrell Stone |
| 1966-1968 | Special assistant to the president, McCall's |
| 1967-1975 | Design consultant, Newsweek |
| 1975-1980 | Maintained office at Newsweek to draw syndicated political cartoons |
| 1992, Dec. 10 | Died, New York, N.Y. |