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Who'sWho in America 43rd Edition published since 1898 by America's leading biographical reference book publisher MARQUIS WHO'S WHO, INC. 200 East Ohio St. Chicago, IL 60611 Please check address below and correct any errors. Your correct address is essential to our future correspondence. Please read the version shown below and indicate any appropriate changes or corrections. Then initial your changes and return the t op portion of this form in the envelope provided. Thank you for your assistance. Jack Lenor Larsen 41 e 11th St New York, NY 10003 BIOGRAPHEE COPY BCO WA43 Page 1 417746 Submission of this form by the nominee constitutes permission to Marquis Who's Who to publish the information in print, electronic database, or other form. The editors reserve the right to select appropriate material consistent with Marquis Who's Who style and standards and limitations of space. In the event of errors in publication, the sole responsibility of Marquis Who's Who will be to correct such errors in a succeeding edition of the publication. Such correction is in lieu of any other remedy. Marquis Who's Who expressly disclaims all other liability for loss or incidental or consequential damage whether arising from negligence, contract, or other cause to any party for errors in publishing. Initial Please cut along this line FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 417746/N/639/989/U/NN/560629 CA/CB (12/12/83) (11)/GAO (5/30/84)/BCD FOR YOUR RECORDS DO NOT RETURN SKETCH NME/OCC 1 10 LARSEN, JACK LENOR 10 fabric designer; BTH/EDU 2 10 b. Seattle, 1927. 10 Student, Sch. of 3 Architecture, U. Wash.; 20 M.F.A., Carnbrook 4 Acad. Art, Mich.; 30 D.F.A. (hon.), Parsons CAR 5 Sch. Design, 1981. 10 Founder, dir. Jack Lenor 6 Larsen Inc., 1953; 20 cons. for grass weaving 7 projects in Taiwan and Vietnam U.S. State 8 Dept., 1957, 59; 30 designer fabrics for Pan 9 Am. Airlines, 1958; 40 co-founder Larsen 10 Design Studio, 1958; 50 co-dir. fabric design 11 dept. Phila. Coll. Art, 1961-63; 60 designer, 12 dir. traveling exhbn. Fabrics Internat., West 13 Africa, 70 Morocco, 80 Transvaal, 1962; 14 90 founder Jack Larsen Internat., Zurich, 15 Switzerland, 1963; 100 co-curator wall 16 hangings exhbn. Mus. Modern Art, N.Y.C., 1968; 17 110 designer fabrics for 747 Jets Pan Am. and 18 Braniff Airlines, 1969; 120 designer Visions 19 IV exhbn., Frankfurt, W. Ger., 1974; CRE 20 10 artist-in-residence Royal Coll. Art, 21 London, 1975; 20 curator wall hangings exhbn. CRW 22 Mus. Modern Art, N.Y.C., 1977. 10 Author: 23(with Azalea Thorpe) Elements of Weaving, 1967, 24 15 (with Garrett and Bronwen Solyom and Dr. 25 Alfred Buhler) The Dyers Art-Ikat Batik Plangi, 26 1971, 20 (with Mildred Constantine) Beyond 27 Craft: The Art Fabric, 1972, 30 (with Jeanne 28|Weeks) Fabrics for Interiors, 1975, 50 (with (CONTINUED ON REVERSE) See enclosed reservation form offering biographee discounts. 417746 CTL SEQ-KEY: 10 BOOK/ED: WA43 MAIL/TYP:BCD ORD SEQ-KEY: 10 #COPIES: TYPE/ORD: DATE/RTD: OTH/ITEM01:QUANTITY01: M/P: OTH/ITEM02: QUANTITY02: D/O: OTH/ITEM03: QUANTITY03: BOOK?: FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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