Background
Prestini, James Libero was born on January 13, 1908 in Waterford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Claude and Angelina (Buzzi) Prestini.
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James Libero Prestini
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Bachelor of Science, Yale, 1930; student School Education, Yale, 1932; student, Illinois Institute Technology Institute Design, Italy, 1953-1956.
Career
Master, Lake Forest (Illinois) Academy, 1933-1942; instructor, Illinois Institute Technology Institute Design, 1939-1946; research engineer, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1943-1953; member of faculty, University of California at Berkeley, 1956-1993; professor design architecture, University of California at Berkeley, 1962-1993; Bauhaus-Archiv research professor, W. Berlin, 1977. Consultant universities, research institutions in the United States, India, Germany, 1946-1993. Co-founder Creators Equity Foundation, Berkeley, California, 1982.
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July 26, 1993 (aged 85) -
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American
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Co-recipient Best Research Report prize International Competition Low-Cost Furniture New York Museum Modern Art, 1949. Diploma D'Onore 10th Triennale Milan, Italy, 1954. American Iron and Steel Institute award for excellence in fine art in steel, 1971. Award for excellence in craft in steel, 1973. R.S. Reynolds Memorial Sculpture award, 1972. University of California Berkeley award, 1975. Ford Foundation grantee, 1962-1963. Graham Foundation co-grantee, 1962. University of California Creative Arts Institute fellow, 1967-1968, 70-71, 73-74. Guggenheim Foundation fellow, 1972-1973. New York Metropolitan Museum Art life fellow, 1969. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst grantee Bonn, West Germany, 1977. Elected to Hall of Fame Lake Forest Academy, 1987.Co-recipient Best Research Report prize International Competition Low-Cost Furniture New York Museum Modern Art, 1949. Diploma D'Onore 10th Triennale Milan, Italy, 1954. American Iron and Steel Institute award for excellence in fine art in steel, 1971.
Award for excellence in craft in steel, 1973. R.S. Reynolds Memorial Sculpture award, 1972. University of California Berkeley award, 1975.
Ford Foundation grantee, 1962-1963. Graham Foundation co-grantee, 1962. University of California Creative Arts Institute fellow, 1967-1968, 70-71, 73-74.
Guggenheim Foundation fellow, 1972-1973. New York Metropolitan Museum Art life fellow, 1969. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst grantee Bonn, West Germany, 1977.
Elected to Hall of Fame Lake Forest Academy, 1987.