Background
Manderfield, Ellen Birnbaum was born on February 11, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of John Done and Christine (Bechmann) Birnbaum.
artist manufacturing company executive
Manderfield, Ellen Birnbaum was born on February 11, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of John Done and Christine (Bechmann) Birnbaum.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Mundelein College, 1938. Postgraduate, Harrison Commercial Art Institute, Institute Design, Academy Fine Arts, Chicago, 1933—1942. Postgraduate, Syracuse University, 1957.
Teacher parochial grammar schools, Chicago, 1938—1939. Graphic artist Meyercord Company, 1939—1944. Supervisor styling department Colonial Radio Corporation, Buffalo, 1944—1947.
Industrial designer McStay Jackson & Company, Chicago, 1947. Senior industrial designer Bureau Product Design Montgomery Ward & Company, 1947—1951. Designer Onondaga Pottery Company, Syracuse, 1953.
Industrial designer General Electric Company, 1951—1956. Senior industrial designer Oneida Ltd., New York, 1956—1986.
Member of Industrial Designers Society America.
Married Walter George Manderfield, December 21, 1946.