Background
Noyes, Eliot Fette was born on August 12, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Atherton and Margaret Davenport (Fette) Noyes.
Noyes, Eliot Fette was born on August 12, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Atherton and Margaret Davenport (Fette) Noyes.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, 1928. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1932, Master in Architecture, 1938. Doctor of Fine Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1969.
Architect on Iranian Archaeological Expedition of Oriental Institute of University of Chicago, Iran, 1935-1937. Director Department Industrial Design, Museum Modern Art, New York, 1940-1945.
Design director Norman Belorussian Geddes and Company, 1946-1947.
Independent practice as architect and industrial designer, 1948-1977. Associate professor, critic in architecture Yale, 1948-1953, curator of exhibitions, 1948-1950.
Consultant director design International Business Machines Corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation President International Design Conference, Aspen, 1965-1970.
Served as major United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945. Fellow American Institute of Architects, Royal Society Arts, Industrial Designers Society American.
Married Mary Duncan Weed, December 10, 1938. Children: Mary Duncan, Eliot Fette, Frederick, Margaret Davenport.