Strother MacMinn | |
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Born | 1918 |
Died | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Car designer, educator, and motoring journalist |
Employer(s) | General Motors, Henry Dreyfuss, Toyota's Calty Design Research |
Known for | Instructor at Art Center College of Design |
Strother MacMinn (1918 – January 19, 1998) was an American car designer, author, and educator. While noted for his contributions to Road & Track, Motor Trend, and Automobile Quarterly and for helping found Toyota's Calty Design Research studio in California, MacMinn was widely known for an automotive design teaching career at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design that spanned fifty years — noted students include J Mays, Chris Bangle and Wayne Cherry.[1]
Former Vice President of Design for General Motors Chuck Jordan reflected that "if you are in a car today, Mac probably influenced its design,"[1] saying also that "no one influenced car design more" than MacMinn.[2]