Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Week 9: EOC Art and Copy




Art and Copy

George LuisOn June 26, 1931, in New York City, US, George Lois was born to Greek immigrants. He received his early education from the High School of Music and Art. He even earned a basketball scholarship to Syracuse University. However, he preferred attending Pratt Institute over Syracuse. After studying for only one year at Pratt, Lois gave up his studies so as to work for Reba Sochis. He continued to work there until he was conscripted into army and sent to fight in the Korean War.
He has worked on near 17 productions within his career and he is a major icon when it comes to advertising. 
Robinson, Phyllis K. - Phyllis K. Robinson was born in New York on Oct. 22, 1921. She majored in sociology at Barnard College and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1942. When she left school, she took a job as a statistician for the Federal Public Housing Authority in New York. In 1944, she married Richard G. Robinson, a Harvard University student who was drafted soon after their marriage; over the next two years, she followed him from post to post, working six different jobs.


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