Background
Schnee, Ruth Adler was born on May 13, 1923 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Daughter of Joseph Theo and Marie Florence Adler.
architectural and space designer
Schnee, Ruth Adler was born on May 13, 1923 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Daughter of Joseph Theo and Marie Florence Adler.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 1945. Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1946.
Fellow Graduate School Architect and Design Harvard University, Cambridge, 1944—1945. Assistant to chief architectural designer Raymond Loewy Associates, New York City, 1945—1946. Instructor, visiting lecturer Michigan State College, Lansing, 1946.
Owner, operator, designer Ruth Adler Designs, Detroit, 1947—1976. Owner, manager, creative director Adler/Schnee, since 1976. President, head designer Schnee & Schnee, Southfield, since 1977.
Head interior design division John Stevens Associates, Inc., Detroit, 1977—1979. Lecturer University California Berkeley-San Francisco Extension, San Francisco, 1979—1982. Member executive board directors restoration committee Save Orchestra Hall, Inc., Detroit, 1979—1986.
Adjunct professor Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield, Michigan, 1977—1986. Visiting lecturer Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1995.
Creator, developer Harmonie Park Art Fair, 1973—1977.
Married Edward Charles Schnee, May 23, 1948 (deceased September 1, 2000). Children: Anita Deborah, Jeremy David, Daniel Joshuah.