Atha Tehon
Born
Atha Lee Tehon

(1926-01-20)January 20, 1926
DiedFebruary 15, 2012(2012-02-15) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesAtha Tehon Thiras
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Design
OccupationArt director
Known forBook design, type design

Atha Tehon Thiras (January 20, 1926 – February 15, 2012),[1] professionally credited as Atha Tehon, was the daughter and second child of Dr. Leo Roy Tehon and Mrs. Leo Tehon,[2] of Illinois.[1]

Tehon was a student at the Jerry Farnsworth School in North Truro in the summers of 1947 and 1948, and graduated with an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design in 1949.[1][3]

Work

Tehon served as the art director at Dial Books for Young Readers for 32 years,[4] retiring in 2001. A number of the books she worked on received Caldecott medals and honors including: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Ashanti to Zulu, Moja Means One, and Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book. She also worked as a freelance designer for Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Emily Kulkus. (2012) "East Syracuse woman leaves $50,000 fund for cats that still need a home". The Post-Standard.
  2. ^ Leland Shanor. (1955) "Leo Roy Tehon: 1895-1954". Mycologia 47 (4), pp. 597-601 Published by: Mycological Society of America Retrieved from JSTOR Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
  3. ^ PennDesign Annual Archived November 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (2008) January. Retrieved from Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
  4. ^ Britton, Jason. (2002). A New Day For Design: Five art directors discuss the evolving field of children's book design.Publishers' Weekly, 249(43) Retrieved from Academic OneFile Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
  5. ^ "Obituary: Atha Tehon." Publishers Weekly website (2012). Retrieved from web 13 June 2012.

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