Ray Barton Wheeler

Background

Wheeler, Ray Barton was born on March 12, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ray Barton and Mary Fay (Loveland) Wheeler.

Education

Student, Curtiss-Wright Technology, 1941—1942. Student, Utah State University, 1943—1944. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School Design, 1953.

Career

Industrial designer, director Israel Product Design Office, Haifa, Muller Munk Associates, Pittsburgh, 1954—1956. Chief designer Van Dyck Associates, Westport, Connecticut, 1956—1959. Design program coordinator International Business Machines Corporation, New York City, 1959—1960, manager design center Rochester, Minnesota, 1960—1969.

Director industrial design and human factors Honeywell Information Systems Waltham, Massachusetts, 1969—1977. Industrial design consultant Wheeler Design, New Boston, New Hampshire, since 1977. Director Design Management Institute, 1976—1977, Rochester Art Center, 1965—1967.

Served to 1st lieutenant Civil Engineering United States Army, 1943-1946, served to 1st lieutenant, 1950-1952.

Achievements

• Ray Barton Wheeler has been listed as a noteworthy industrial design consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to First lieutenant Civil Engineer, United States Army,1943-1946, 50-52. Minnesota Arts Council grantee, 1967. Member Industrial Designers Society American (vice president 1974-1975), Experimental Aircraft Association, Mensa.

Connections

Married Grace Louise Skeen, May 28, 1953. Children: Susan Wheeler, Daniel Harding Wheeler.

Father:

Ray Barton Wheeler

Mother:

Mary Fay (Loveland) Wheeler

Spouse:

Grace Louise Skeen Wheeler

child:

Daniel Harding Wheeler

child:

Susan Wheeler