Background
Rees, Jack Madison was born on May 30, 1921 in Stanton, Iowa, United States. Son of Ross Basil and Georgene (Madison) Rees.
Rees, Jack Madison was born on May 30, 1921 in Stanton, Iowa, United States. Son of Ross Basil and Georgene (Madison) Rees.
Student, Iowa State University, 1940—1942. Bachelor cum laude, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1947.
Interior designer William Pahlman, Associates, New York City, 1947—1948. Interior designer, store lecturer L. Bamberger, Newark, 1948—1950, W. & J. Sloane, New York City, 1950—1951. President Jack Rees Interiors, Kansas City, Missouri, from 1952, Designers Prototype, Kansas City, from 1978.
2nd lieutenant United States Air Force, 1942-1946, PTO.
Served to Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1942-1946, Pacific Theater of Operations. Named Designer of Year, Enterprise-Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago, 1975. Member American Institute Interior Design (president 1981), American Society Interior Design (president 1981-1983, founder Home of Year program 1982), Sons of the American Revolution, South.R. (president Missouri Society 1993, president Kansas CitySoc.
1992).
Club: Carriage (Kansas City).
Married Joan Martz Rees, June 19, 1949. Children: John Martz, Michael Stroud.