| |
|
|
1922 |
Born in Passaic, N.J., May 25. |
|
1941-43 |
Newark Evening School of Fine and Industrial Arts. |
|
1946-48 |
Apprentice graphic designer, Alexander Ross Design Studio. |
|
1948 |
Assistant graphic designer to Herb Lubalin at Sudler Hennessey, Inc. |
|
1948-49 |
Art Director, Monogram Art Studio. |
|
1949-52 |
Director of Design and Typography, Empire State Craftsman, Inc. |
|
1952-60 |
Director of Design and Typography, The Composing Room, Inc. |
|
1960-62 |
President and Creative Director, Graphic Arts Typographers, Inc. |
|
1960-64 |
U.S. Delegate, Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI). |
|
1963-66 |
Member, Board of Directors, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). |
|
1963-67 |
President, Aaron Burns & Company, a division of Rapid Typographers, Inc. |
|
1967-69 |
Senior Vice President, Creative Director, TypoGraphic Communications, Inc. (TGC). |
|
1970 |
President, Lubalin, Burns & Co., Inc. |
|
1970-87 |
President and co-founder, International Typeface Corporation (ITC). |
|
1973-84 |
Editorial Director, U&lc. |
|
1976-84 |
Member, Board of Directors, ATypI. |
|
1978-81 |
Member, Board of Directors, AIGA. |
|
1983 |
Inducted into Art Directors Club (of New York) “Hall of Fame.” |
|
1984 |
Presented with the Type Directors Club Annual Medal. |
|
1985 |
Honored by ATypI with the appointment as lifetime Honorary Vice President. |
|
1987 |
Chairman, ITC. |
|
1991 |
Died July 16. His wife, Florence, had died in 1990. |