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• Adams, G. Eugene (Bud) (1918-1995)

  Adams worked in design at Ford Motor Company and Briggs manufacturing company from 1937-1981. Updated December 3, 2024.
• Andrews, Robert F. (1923-1991)

  Andrews worked as a designer for Hudson Motor Car Company, Willys-Overland, Raymond Loewy and Studebaker from the 1940s-1970s after which he worked as an independent designer. Updated December 3, 2024.
• Arnold, James A.

  Updated July 19, 2021.
• Arrington, L.D.

  Updated July 21, 2021.
• Ash, L. David (1921-1991)

  David Ash worked as a designer with Fisher Body Corporation and Ford Motor Company from the mid-1940s to 1978. Updated December 3, 2024.
• Barna, Ernest

  Updated July 21, 2021.
• Bianchi, Frank A. (1918-2005)

  Bianchi worked as a designer for General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation from 1939 to 1982. Updated December 3, 2024.
• Bibbee, H.G. (Herb)

  Updated July 21, 2021.
• Bird, John A. (1921-2003)

  Bird worked in design at Studebaker, General Motors Company, and Buick from the mid-1940s to 1980. Updated December 3, 2024.
• Bordinat, Eugene (Gene) (1920-1987)

  Bordinat worked in design at General Motors, Fisher Body Corporation, and Ford Motor Company from the early 1940s-1980. Updated December 3, 2024.
• Bourke, Robert E. (1916-1996)

  Bourke worked as a designer at Studebaker from 1940-1955, then as partner in the firm Hodgman and Bourke. Updated December 4, 2024.
• Boyer, Robert A. (Bob) (1909-1989)

  Boyer worked as a chemist at Ford Motor Company from 1928-1943. Updated December 4, 2024.
• Boyer, William (1926-2002)

  Boyer worked in design at General Motors and Ford Motor Company from 1950-1985. Updated December 4, 2024.
• Briggs, Colver R.
• Brown, Roy A. Jr.
• Brownlie, William
• Brunn, Hermann C. (1908-1989)

  Brunn worked in design at Brunn and Company and Ford Motor Company from the 1920s-1970. Updated December 4, 2024.
• Buehrig, Gordon (1904-1990)

  Buehrig worked in design at a number of automotive companies including General Motors, Stutz, Packard, Duesenberg, Auburn, Cord, Studebaker and Ford Motor Company from 1924-1965. Updated December 4, 2024.
• Burmeister, William R.
• Casillo, Leonard M. (Len) (c.1939-)

  Casillo worked in design at General Motors from 1960 and was still working at the time the interview was conducted. Updated December 4, 2024.
• Chapin, Roy D. Jr. (1915-2001)

  Chapin Jr. worked in design at Hudson Motor Car Company (later American Motors Corporation) from the 1940s-1978. Updated December 4, 2024.
• Cousins, B. Ross
• Creed, Trevor
• Darrin, Howard (Dutch)
• Dawson, J. Robert
• DeLaRossa, Donald (1923-2007)

  DeLeRossa worked in design at General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Ghia, and Chrysler starting in 1945 and was still working at the time of this interview. Updated December 4, 2024.
• Doehler, Robert H. (1922-1993)

  Doehler worked in design at Ford Motor Company and Studebaker from 1941-1965. Updated December 4, 2024.
• DuPont, Alexis and Alan Carter
• Ebstein, John W. (1912-2005)

  Ebstein worked in design at Raymond Loewy and Studebaker from 1938-1963. Updated December 4, 2024
• Everts, Ray
• Exner, Virgil M. Jr. (1933-)

  Exner Jr. worked at Studebaker, Ghia,Virgil Exner Inc., and Ford Motor company from 1958-1988. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Ford, Henry II and Edsel II
• Ford, Wallace Buel
• Ford, William Clay (1925-2015)

  William Clay Ford worked as an executive at Ford Motor Company 1949-2005. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Foster, John B. (1914-?)

  Foster worked in design at General Motors, Sundberg Ferar, Packard and Ford Motor Company from 1936-1968. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Frey, Donald N. (1923-2010)

  Frey worked in research, design, and product planning at Ford Motor Company from 1951-1968. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Frey, Stuart M.
• Gale, Tom
• Giberson, Alden (Gib) (1926-2010)

  Giberson worked in design at Ford Motor Company from 1952-1981. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Gillan, Paul W. (1918-1998)

  Gillan worked in design at General Motors from 1946-1981. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Gollwitzer, Walter H.
• Goyert, Chalmers L. (1921-1987)

  Goyert worked in finance, profit planning, and product planning at Ford Motor Company from 1951-1980. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Gregorie, Eugene (Bob) T. (1908-2002)

  Gregorie worked in design at Ford Motor Company from 1932-1947. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Grisinger, Arnott (Buzz)
• Haga, Henry G. (1931-1988)

  Haga worked in design at General Motors starting in 1953 and was still working at the time of this interview. Updated December 5, 2024.
• Halderman, Gale (1932-1920)

  Halderman worked in design his entire 40 year career at Ford Motor Company from 1954-1994.Updated June 3, 2025.
• Hershey, Franklin Q. (1907-1997)

  Frank Hershey worked in automotive and industrial design from 1928-1963, with companies including Walter M Murphy Company, Hudson Motor Car Company, General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company. Updated July 3, 2025.
• Hoadley, Frederick (1921-2012)

  Hoadley worked as a modeler at Ford Motor Company from 1941-1978. (see also William Shenk). Updated July 3, 2025.
• Hodges, Audrey Moore (1918-1996)

  Hodges was only of the first female designers in the automotive industry working for Studebaker and Tucker from 1944-1948. Updated July 3, 2025.
• Holls, David R. (1931-2000)

  Holls worked as a designer at General Motors from 1952-1991. Updated July 3, 2025.
• Hothem, James
• Kaufman, Irving (Bud), (1920-1992)

  Kaufman worked as a designer at Ford Motor Company, Studebaker, and his own design firm from 1945-1975. Updated July 3, 2025.
• Knudsen, Semon (Bunkie) (1912-1998)

  Knudsen worked as an executive at General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and White Motor Company from 1939-1980s. Updated July 3, 2025.
• Kopka, Donald (1926-2020)

  Kopka worked as a designer and executive at Chrysler and Ford Motor Company from 1950-1987.Updated July 3, 2025.
• Koto, Holden (Bob) N. (1910-1988)

  Koto worked in design and modeling at Briggs Manufacturing Company, Hudson Motor Car Company, Raymond Loewy, and Ford Motor Company from 1933-1968. Updated July 3, 2025.
• LaGassey, Homer C. Jr. (1924-2014)

  LaGassey worked in design and PR at General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford Motor Company from 1942-1979 and also taught automotive design at the College for Creative Studies from 1959-1987. Updated July 3, 2025.
• Lauve, Henry De Segur (1910-1998)

  Lauve worked as a designer beginning in 1939 at General Motors, Designs for Tomorrow, Citroen, Electric Auto Corporation. Updated November 26, 2025.
• MacKichan, Clare M. (1918-1996)

  MacKichan worked as a designer at Briggs Manufacturing Company, General Motors, Opel from 1939-1978. Updated November 26, 2025.
• MacMinn, Strother (1918-1998)

  MacMinn worked as a designer at General Motors, Hudson Motor Car Company, Henry Dreyfuss from 1937-1950 and as a teacher at Art Center College of Design starting in 1948. Updated November 26, 2025.
• Madawick, Tucker P. (1917-2006)

  Madawick worked for Ford Motor Company, J. Gordon Lippincott, and Raymond Loewy starting in 1938. Updated November 26, 2025.
• Manoogian, John A. (1921-2016)

  John A. Manoogian worked as a designer at Ford Motor Company starting in 1938 and was still employed there at the time of the interview. Updated November 26, 2025.
• Mayhew, Fred (Fritz) C. (1942-1997)

  Mayhew worked as a designer at Ford Motor Company starting in 1963 and was still working there at the time of the interview. Updated November 26, 2025.
• Middlestead, John (1923-2006)

  John Middlestead worked as a designer at Ford Motor Company from 1949-1980. Updated November 26, 2025.
• Miller, Rhys D. (1914-2008)

  Miller worked as a designer at Briggs Manufacturing Company, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford Motor Company from 1934-1975. Updated November 26, 2025.
• Mitchell, William (Bill) L. (1912-1988)

  Mitchell worked as a designer at General Motors from 1935-1977. Updated November 26, 2025.
• Morris, C. Lester
• Morrison, James T.
• Najjar, John (1918-2011)

  Najjar was a designer at Ford Motor Company from 1937-1979. Updated November 26, 2025/
• Neale, Colin
• Nesbitt, Dick
• O'Rear, Emmett
• Ornes, Allen D.

  Updated July 27, 2021.
• Oros, Joseph and Betty Thatcher

  Updated July 27, 2021.
• Overly, Lowell Emerson
• Peterson, Donald
• Phaneuf, Charles H.

  Updated July 27, 2021.
• Pietsch, Theodore

  Updated July 27, 2021.
• Querfeld, Arthur (Art)
• Ray, Mary Crawford and Bernard R. Brown Jr.
• Rees, David
• Reinhart, John

  Updated July 27, 2021.
• Renz, Otto
• Risk, John W.
• Rockall, Arthur (Art)
• Rybicki, Irvin W.

  Updated August 4, 2021.
• Sanson, Roger
• Schmidt, William M.

  Updated July 28, 2021.
• Schwarz, Don
• Scott, Will
• Selders, C. Orval
• Shenk, William
• Shenk, William and Fred Hoadley
• Shinoda, Lawrence K.

  Updated July 28, 2021.
• Smith, Benjamin
• Spear, Adrian Gil Jr.

  Updated July 28, 2021.
• Spencer, Kenneth

  Updated July 28, 2021.
• Stevens, Brooks

  Updated July 28, 2021.
• Stevens, David
• Stobar, Charles T.
• Teague, Richard A.

  Updated July 28, 2021.
• Teague, Walter Dorwin Jr.
• Telnack, John (Jack) J.

  Updated August 4, 2021.
• Thomas, Robert
• Tjaarda, Tom
• Todd, Robert
• Torkelson, Robert
• Tremulis, Alex Sarantos

  Updated July 29, 2021.
• Turner, David C. Jr.

  Updated July 29, 2021.
• Vanderbilt, Suzanne E.

  Updated August 5, 2021.
• Vandermolen, Willemina J.

  Updated August 5, 2021.
• Veraldi, Lewis C.

  Updated July 29, 2021.
• Wagner, Willys P.
• Walker, George W.

  Updated August 5, 2021.
• Walter Dorwin Teague Associates

  Updated July 29, 2021.
• Wilen, Stanley
• Zokas, Robert F.

  Updated August 5, 2021.