2002 Victor Schreckengost, IDSA (b. 1906)
At its annual conference in Monterey, California, IDSA honored Mr. Schreckengost for his lifetime of contributions to design and as a pioneer of the profession.

Born in Sebring, Ohio, he studied cartooning at the Cleveland School of Art (now Cleveland Institute of Art), and at the Kunstegewerbschule in Austria. In 1931, after his return from Austria, he joined the faculty at Cleveland School of Art and worked part time at Cowan Pottery Studio. There, he created a blue "Art Deco" punch bowl, called the "Jazz Bowl," for Eleanor Roosevelt that later was produced commercially.

He worked for a variety of other industrial and ceramic companies. In 1932 he designed the first cab-over-engine truck for the White Motor Company. In 1933 he began an industrial design program at the Cleveland Institute of Art, which become well known for its automotive design, and which trained several generations of well-known automotive designers. He was still teaching there as late as 2000.

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