Biography/Organization History
Note Environmental Design became an independent department in February 1992, with Patricia Belton-Oliver as the chair. Prior to
that it was a program under the Industrial Design Department beginning in 1970 led by Bruce Burdick. Environmental design-related
courses began as early as 1931 when the Industrial Design department began, under the leadership of Kem Weber. In the early
1960s a concentration titled "Design for Merchandising" was available under the ID Department, and by the late 1960s there
was a concentration titled "Interior-space Design."
List of Chairs (including early Industrial Design Chairs): Kem Weber (1932-circa 1941) George Jergenson (circa 1948 - 1969) Keith Teter (1969-circa 1986) Environmental Design program Bruce Burdick (1970-1977) Gaylord Eckles, coordinator (1977-1992) Environmental Design Department Patricia Belton-Oliver (1992-circa 2002) Peter di Sabatino (2003-2004) David Mocarski (2004 - present)
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Environmental Design Department
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