Background
Glass, Henry Peter was born on September 24, 1911 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Ernst and Berta (Zaitschek) Glass. came to the United States, 1939.
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Glass, Henry Peter was born on September 24, 1911 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Ernst and Berta (Zaitschek) Glass. came to the United States, 1939.
Diploma architect, Wiener Technology Hochschule, Vienna, 1933; Master in Architecture, Meisterschule Professor Theiss, Vienna, 1935; Industrial Design, School Design, Chicago, 1953.
Principal architect, Studio H. Glass, Vienna, 1935-1938; designer, Office Gilbert Rohde, New York City, 1939-1940; designer, Morris Sanders, New York City, 1940; head design department, W.L. Stensgaard Associations, Chicago, 1941-1945; principal, Henry P. Glass, Associations, Northfield, Illinois, since 1946; professor industrial design, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, 1946-1969.
Trustee Board of Northfield, 1966-1967. President American Friends of Austria, since 1990. Fellow Industrial Design Society of America (chairman Chicago chapter 1959-1960, national vice chairman 1960-1962) Clubs: American Friends of Austria (vice president 1976, then president).
Austro American Council for the Mid-West (Chicago) (president 1983-1984).
Married Eleanor C. Knopp, March 4, 1937. Children: Ann Karin, Peter.