Background
Rose was born in London to Scottish parents.
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Stuart Rose
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He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and then at the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts.
Career
In 1974 he was awarded the Phillips Gold Medal for stamp design and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire the same year. He first worked under Ashley Havinden at the leading advertising agency Crawfords and later under Sir Francis Meynell. He replaced Francis Meynell as Typographical Adviser to the Postmaster General in 1962 and became the first Design Director at the Post Office in 1968, which post he held until his retirement in 1976.
Rose was married to Dorothea (Dodo), a Russian emigre, and they had two daughters.
In the 1950s, Rose was instrumental in creating in Suffolk the first new civil parish since about 1880.
Membership
After World World War II he was Editor of Design magazine and in the 1960s an associate of the Design Research Unit, President of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (1963), Governor of the Central School of Art and Design (1965-1974) and member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Industrial Design Committee until 1965 (Chairman 1965-1968). He was a member of the Council of Industrial Design Stamp Advisory Committee (1960-1962), and of the Post Office Stamp Advisory Panel (1968-1976).
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September 10, 1993 (aged 81)