Rosen, Ben.

• 1920 Oct. 20: Born in Detroit, Mich.
• 1938: Graduated Cass Technical High School, Detroit, Mich. Enrolled in drawing and painting courses at the Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Mich.
• 1938 - 1939 : Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
• 1939 - 1941 : Pratt Institute, New York, N.Y., program in advertising design
• 1941 - 1942 : Designer, J. Gordan Carr & Associates
• 1942 Aug. - 1945 Oct. : Aerial Motion Picture Photographer for the U.S. Army, stationed primarily in England Co-founded a school of Art and Architecture for servicemen at Chalgrove Air Base in England; taught courses in drawing and design Developed a proposal for the conversion of U.S. air bases into British housing; presented plan before British government ministers
• 1946 - 1947 : Art Director, Blaine Thompson Company, New York, N.Y.
• 1948 - 1953 : Freelance designer, J. Gordon Carr and Associates; projects included American Airlines, Benson & Hedges, Pepsi, Shell Oil, Sky Chef Package design, Robert Leonard Studio
• 1952: Founded Ben Rosen Associates
• 1952 - 1953 : Studio designer, Alan Berni and Associates
• 1955: Received New York State Teacher's License in Commercial Art/Package Design Began teaching at the School of Visual Art, New York, N.Y.; developed and taught package design course
• 1963: Type and Typography published Designed John F. Kennedy memorial document
• Late 1960s: Lectured at Cooper Union, New York, N.Y.
• 1970s: Lectured at Pratt Phoenix Center, New York, N.Y.
• 1970: The Corporate Search for Visual Identity published
• 1975: Relocated Ben Rosen Associates from New York, N.Y. to Ho-Ho-Kus, N. J.
• 1977 - 1978 : Formed Ritta, Rosen & Arnoldy, a consulting firm that specialized in graphic design and corporate identity
• 1980s-early 1990s: Member, Arts Advisory Board, Bergen Community College
• 1991: Digital Type Specimens published
• 1992: Wrote Introduction to a new edition of Jan Tschichold's Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering
• 2003: Submitted design proposal to the World Trade Center memorial competition

From the guide to the Ben Rosen Papers, bulk, 1945-1991, 1936-2006 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)