Federico, Gene

• 1918 Feb. 6: Born in New York, NY
• 1936: Graduated Abraham Lincoln High School; Art Squad member; studied with Leon Friend, along with fellow students Alex Steinweiss, Seymour Chwast, and William Taubin
• 1939: Graduated from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY; studied with Tom Benrimo
• 1939: Member of the Art Students League; studied with Howard Trafton and Herbert Bayer
• 1939 - 1940 : Joined the Abbott Kimball Company, Art Department
• 1941: Joined the Art Department staff of the L. Bamberger Department Store
• 1941 - 1945 : Served four years in the United States Army, stationed in the U.S., Europe, and North Africa; member of the 84th Engineer Camouflage Batallion, supervised graphics for Plans and Operations
• 1945 - 1946 : Returned to the Abbott Kimball Company as Art Director
• 1946: Participated in the Four Veterans Exhibit at the A-D Gallery, along with fellow artists/designers Herbert Bender, Charles Egri, and Seymour Robins
• 1946 - 1947 : Joined Fortune Magazine as Associate Art Director
• 1948 - 1951 : Joined Grey Advertising as Art Director
• 1949: Became Instructor in Design at The Workshop School
• 1951 - 1954 : Became Art Director at Doyle, Dane, Bernbach Advertising
• 1954 - 1959 : Served as Art Director and Vice-President at Douglas D. Simon Advertising
• 1959 - 1966 : Joined Benton & Bowles as Vice-President and Group Head
• 1966 - 1967 : Joined Warwick & Legler Advertising
• 1967 - 1989 : Founding partner of Lord, Geller, Federico, Einstein
• 1980: Inducted into Art Director's Club Hall of Fame
• 1987: Received American Institute of Graphic Arts medal
• 1988: Became Creative Director at Lord, Geller, Federico, Einstein; promoted to Vice-Chairman in April
• 1989 - 1991 : Served as consultant with Brouillard Communications
• 1990 May 12: Received Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from The Parsons School of Design
• 1991: Retired as design consultant
• 1991 - 1999 : Continued to work as freelance graphic designer; capstone to sixty-year career in advertising and graphic design
• 1999 Sept. 8: Died in Pound Ridge, NY

From the guide to the Gene Federico Papers, 1918-2003 and undated, bulk 1951-1991, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)