1986 Carroll Gantz, FIDSA (b. 1931)
At its annual conference in Evanston, Illinois, IDSA honored Mr. Gantz with its Personal Recognition Award for his 30 years of contributions to the profession. During Gantz's 1979-1980 presidency of IDSA, he spearheaded a transformation of the organization that nearly doubled membership and chapters, initiated the IDEA national design awards, brought the Society out of bankruptcy and championed by-laws to foster more democratic organizational processes. Gantz was Director of Design at Black & Decker and was the designer of the original B&D Dustbuster cordless vacuum cleaner in 1978. From 1987 to 1992 he was Design Department Head at Carnegie Mellon University. For more on the biography and career of Mr. Gantz, see the bio in IDSA Past Presidents.

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