Background
Durrett, Andrew Manning was born on January 7, 1924 in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Andrew Manning and Betty Ann (Empson) Durrett.
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Andrew Manning Durrett, industrial designer. Achievements include patents in field of cancer and hepatitus diagnostics platelet collection, protein analyzing, life systems monitoring, patients wound site temperature control, non-ambulatory patient transfer, introvenius drug delivery. Recipient Excellence in Design awards, Industrial Design Review, 1969.
Education
Student, University Tennessee, 1946—1948. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Institute Chicago, 1951.
Career
Mechanical engineer Werthan Bag Corporation, Nashville, 1951—1952. Designer C.F. Block, Chicago, 1952—1953, Advertising Metal Display, Chicago, 1953—1955. Artist, poster designer General Outdoor Advertising Company, 1956—1958.
Sales manager industrial design Palma-Knapp Design, River Forest, 1961—1965. Founder, president Manning Durrett Design Associates Research and Development medical equipment, Spring Grove, since 1965. Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors, secretary Brookfield Citizens Management Association, Illinois, 1953—1954. Committeeman Oaks Association, Libertyville, 1970—1976, mn. service committee. Member of International Platform Association, Chicago Association Commerce and Industry, Alumni Association, School Art Institute Chicago, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Jean East. Lanning, May 14, 1949. Children: Cheryl A. Durrett Yurs, Griffith Lynn, Susan Elizabeth Durrett Pantle, Robert Tracy, Vicki Jean Durrett Robinson.
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Methodist -
Political Party
Republican
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1951