Background
Chermayeff, Ivan was born on June 6, 1932 in London, England. Son of Serge Ivan and Barbara Maitland (May) Chermayeff.
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Book by Ivan Chermayeff
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Chermayeff, Ivan was born on June 6, 1932 in London, England. Son of Serge Ivan and Barbara Maitland (May) Chermayeff.
Graduate, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1950; student, Harvard, 1950-1952; student, Illinois Institute Technology, 1952-1954; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale, 1955; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Maine School Art, 1981; Bachelor of Fine Arts (honorary), Corcoran School Art, 1988; Bachelor of Fine Arts (honorary), Maine College Art, 1989; Bachelor of Fine Arts (honorary), Philadelphia College Art, 1989; Bachelor of Fine Arts (honorary), Corcoran School Arts, 1991; Bachelor of Fine Arts (honorary), University of Arts, Philadelphia, 1991.
Assistant to Alvin Lustig (designer), 1955. Assistant art director Columbia Records, 1956. Partner Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar Associate, 1956-1959, Chermayeff & Geismar Incorporated, New York York City, 1959—2005, Chermayeff & Geismar Studio LLC, since 2005, Cambridge Seven Associate, 1965-1996.
Board director International Design Conference, Aspen, Colorado, 1968-1999. Board director Municipal Art Society New York, 1972-1976, Smithsonian Institution, 1988-1996. Trustee Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1966-1986, Archives of America Art, 1987-1990, New School University, 1988-2002.
Board overseers Parson's School Design, 1988-2002. Distinguished visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1998. Visiting professor Kansas City Art Institute, Cooper Union.
Co-chairman First Federal Design Assembly, National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, 1973.
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Member committee on art and architect Yale University. Member board overseers committee on visual and environmental studies Harvard University. Member SPEE, American Institute Graphic Arts (president 1963-1966, Gold medal 1979), National Society Industrial Designers, Alliance Graphique International, Royal Society Arts and Commerce (Benjamin Franklin fellow), Royal Designer for Industry (RDI honorary), Century Association, Yale Arts Association (past vice president).
Married Sara Anne Duffy, July 15, 1956. Children: Catherine, Alexandra, Maro. Married Jane Clark, September 24, 1978.
1 son, Sam.
