Teague, W. Dorwin

W. Dorwin Teague, also known as Dorwin Teague and Walter Dorwin Teague, Jr. was the son of the noted designer Walter Dorwin Teague Sr. and became a widely respected industrial designer in his own right. Born July 2, 1910, he joined his father's firm, Walter Dorwin Teague Associates in 1934 and was named a partner in 1952. He opened his own firm, Dorwin Teague, Inc. in 1967. Trained in engineering, Teague was an industrial designer and inventor reresponsible for many industrial and consumer products of the postwar culture including the cash register, the mimeograph machine, energy efficient homes, and the first fully reclining dental chair. In addition, among his designs are radio dials, bicycle brakes, ice buckets and can openers, carpet sweepers, rockets, ski equipment, and a lightweight pump that provided fresh water to rural villages in India and Africa.