Background

Dickens, Robert Lee was born on April 5, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Sidney and Ruth (Millard) Dickens.

Education

Student, University Colorado, 1949—1950.

Career

Apprentice designer Robert Sidney Dickens & Associate, Chicago, 1948. Designer Robert Sidney Dickens Inc., 1953, vice president, 1963. President Dickens Design Group Inc., since 1965, director.

Founder, president Design Directors Inc., 1952. Founder, vice president Pax Fax Inc., 1963. With United States Naval Reserve, 1947-1951, with United States Army, 1953-1955.

Achievements

• Robert Lee Dickens has been listed as a noteworthy design executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Cubmaster, scout master Boy Scouts American, 1941—1945, 1954—1955, 1966—1970. Board directors Rendgart Wildlife Acres, Mount Vernon, Illinois. Member of Wind River Valley Artists Guild, Guild Chicago, 27 Chicago Artists, Industrial Designers Society of America, Packaging Institute United States, Package Designers Council (chairman Midwest chapter 1975, treasurer 1983), Oak Park (Illinois).

Connections

Married Lu Guerzon Dickens, October 4, 1957. Children: Lynn, Lance.

Father:

Robert Sidney Dickens

Mother:

Ruth (Millard) Dickens

Spouse:

Lu Guerzon Dickens

child:

Lynn Dickens

child:

Lance Dickens