Background
Hess, Richard Cletus was born on May 27, 1934 in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. Son of Cletus Paul and Evelyn Agnus (Stanley) Hess.
Hess, Richard Cletus was born on May 27, 1934 in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. Son of Cletus Paul and Evelyn Agnus (Stanley) Hess.
Student, Michigan State University, 1952-1953.
Art director, J. Walter Thompson, Detroit, 1955-1957; art group director, N. W. Ayer & Son, Philadelphia, 1958-1961; art group director, Benton & Bowles, New York City, 1962-1964; president, Richard Hess Inc., New York City, 1965-1968; president, Hess and/Or Antupit Inc., New York City, 1969-1971; director, Hess and Hess, Roxbury, Connecticut, 1975-1991. Visiting professor Syracuse University, New York, from 1974, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1975-1976. Carnegie professor Cooper Union, New York City, 1980-1981.
Member Illustrators Guild (founding), Alliance Graphique Internationale, American Institute Graphic Arts (board directors 1970-1975), Society Publications Designers (board directors 1970-1973, vice president 1971-1975, Gold and Silver medals 1971-1975).
Married Diana Woodard, 1954 (divorced 1959). 1 child, Mark; married Carol Dwight Woodward, 1961 (divorced 1976). Children— Adam, Sarah.