Background
Preusser, Robert Ormerod was born on November 13, 1919 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Edward and Alice (Ormerod) Preusser.
Preusser, Robert Ormerod was born on November 13, 1919 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Edward and Alice (Ormerod) Preusser.
Student, Institute Design, 1939—1942. Student, Tulane University. Student, Art Center School, 1946—1947.
Instructor Houston Museum Fine Arts School, 1947—1954, University Houston, 1951—1954, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955—1956. Professor visual design Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954—1985. Director Education Center Advanced Visual Aids, 1974—1975, professor emeritus, since 1985.
Director Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1949—1951. Associate curator education Museum Fine Arts, Houston, 1952—1954.
Board director Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, 1948—1953, Cambridge Mulitculture Arts Center, since 1978. Advisor Boston University Art Center, 1959—1961.
Married Mary Ellen Cadenhead, February 11, 1950. Children: Alison G. Preusser Perrone, Eric O.