George Founds

TITLE: Professor of Graphic and Communication Design

DEPARTMENT: Graphic and Communication Design

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CAMPUS TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 536-1018

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED AND DEGREES RECEIVED:
Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute, College of Art

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
Teacher's Certificate, Washington College, Chestertown, MD

SCHOLARLY/PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
Have been employed as a professional graphic designer/illustrator by such publications/publishers as National Geographic, Reader's Digest, United States Department of the Interior, and William Morrow and Company.

Did all illustrative/graphic design work for a number of National Geographic Society publications, including "Our Threatened Inheritance," "The Appalachian Trail," and "Wilderness, U.S.A."

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Received an award from the National Society of Illustrators for illustrative/graphic design work in the book Vanishing Birds.

JOINED LA ROCHE: 1991

HOMETOWN: Baltimore, MD