Background
Perkins, Nancy Jane was born on November 5, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Gordon Osborne and Martha Elizabeth (Keichline) Perkins.
Perkins, Nancy Jane was born on November 5, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Gordon Osborne and Martha Elizabeth (Keichline) Perkins.
Student, Ohio University, 1967—1968. Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Illinois, 1972.
Industrial designer Peterson Bednar Associates, Evanston, Illinois, 1972-1974, Deschamps Mills Associates, Bartlett, 1974-1975. Director graphic design Cameo Container Corporation, Chicago, 1975-1976. Industrial design consultant Sears Roebuck & Company, 1977-1988.
Consultant industrial design, since 1988. Program manager industrial design Jarden Consumer Solutions, Boca Raton, Florida, 2007—2008. President, Chief Executive Officer Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind, 2009.
Lecturer City University of New York, 1995. Founder Perkins Design Ltd., Anna Wagner Keichline Gallery, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Adjunct professor graduate design seminar University Illinois Chicago, 1982, 88, 91, 93, adjunct instructor undergraduate design, 1984, 88, 91, 93.
Adjunct instructor Illinois Institute of Technology, 1987, 91. Visiting associate professor Carnegie-Mellon University, 1991. Juror annual design review Industrial Design magazine, 1986.
Technical review committee Ben Franklin Partnerships, since 1991. Speaker in field.
Co-leader Cadette troop DuPage County council Girl Scouts United States, 1978-1979. Fellow Industrial Designers Society of America (treasurer Chicago chapter 1977-1979, vice chairman 1979-1980, chairman 1981, district membership committee 1982, annual conference committee 1983, publications committee 1985-1986, director-at-large 1987-1988, vice president Midwest district 1989-1990, national secretary-treasurer 1991-1992, delegate International Council of the Societies Industrial Design 1989, co-founder women's section 1992, president design foundation 2007, board directors design foundation).