Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958

found: Szerlip, Barbara. Man who designed the future, 2017:title page (Norman Bel Geddes and the invention of twentieth-century America), page 1 (Norman Melancton Geddes)

found: Encyclopæia Britannica, via Goggle serach, viewed May 7, 2017:Norman Bel Geddes, American theatrical designer (Norman Bel Geddes, original name Norman Melancton Geddes (born April 27, 1893, Adrian, Michigan, U.S.--died May 8, 1958, New York, New York) ... Toward the end of the 1920s, Geddes adapted his ideas to industrial design, gradually building an organization that employed 2,000 people. His designs ranged from skyscrapers, inkwells, yachts, radios, and interiors to refrigerators ... Geddes also designed theatres worldwide. He staged circuses, developed equipment and techniques for the armed services, and wrote books on many subjects ... An autobiography, Miracle in the Evening (1960), edited by William Kelley, depicts the designer through his theatrical work.) - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Norman-Bel-Geddes

found: Wikipedia, viewed May 7, 2017:Norman Bel Geddes (Norman Melancton ("Big Norm") Bel Geddes (April 27, 1893 -- May 8, 1958) was an American theatrical and industrial designer ... Bel Geddes was born Norman Melancton Geddes in Adrian, Michigan, and raised in New Philadelphia, Ohio ... When he married Helen Belle Schneider in 1916, they incorporated their names to Bel Geddes ... Bel Geddes began his career with set designs for Aline Barnsdall's Los Angeles Little Theater in the 1916-17 season, then in 1918 as the scene designer for the Metropolitan Opera in New York ... Bel Geddes opened an industrial-design studio in 1927, and designed a wide range of commercial products ... Bel Geddes died on May 8, 1958, in New York, New York ...) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bel_Geddes