JIM MCGILL ’70
A decade ago, chemistry major and computer programmer Jim McGill ’70 joined a font compression firm and spent eight years supporting designers of TrueType fonts. McGill had taken classes from Palladino and Reynolds and says his calligraphy background was invaluable in allowing him to translate between the design and software worlds. McGill ultimately became the senior software support for HP Typography, building the fonts for HP printers. Today McGill works for a biotech startup company. “It was a fun eight years,” says McGill. “I’d happily go back to fonts if the opportunity presented itself.”
MICHAEL MCPHERSON ’68
Michael McPherson is a partner and creative director at Corey McPherson Nash, a creative services studio in Watertown, Massachusetts. CMN (www.cmndesign.com) specializes in communication strategy, brand identity, print design, and interactive design for businesses and clients in professional services, education, and entertainment. McPherson’s work has received numerous national and international design awards from periodicals and professional organizations. He is a contributor to design and marketing periodicals, including Design Management Journal, ID, and Fine Print, and has juried a number of design competitions. He has been a featured presenter at professional organizations and serves on the board of national design organizations. McPherson has taught design at colleges and universities throughout the Northeast at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. His clients include Swarthmore College, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Eastman Kodak, HBO, and Nickelodeon. In 2001 he was the recipient of the prestigious Fellows Award from AIGA Boston for his outstanding contributions to the Boston design community. View Michael McPherson's testimonial.
PAUL SHAW ’76
Paul Shaw is the principal of Paul Shaw/Letter Design, a New York-based studio specializing in a wide variety of lettering created by hand—from classical Roman capitals to contemporary scribbles—for the cosmetics industry, department stores, advertising agencies, design firms, and others. His clients include Clairol, Lord & Taylor, Verve Music, Rolex, and Campbell Soup. A self-taught calligrapher and designer, his work has won awards from the AIGA, the Type Directors Club, Print, and Letter Arts Review. Shaw has taught calligraphy, typography, book design, and the history of graphic design for more than two decades at colleges in New York and at lettering workshops in Italy, where a one-man show of his lettering was held in 1997. Shaw regularly writes for design periodicals and was the editor and designer of Alphabet in 2000–01. In 1998 he co-curated the highly praised exhibition Blackletter: Type and National Identity at the Cooper Union School of Art. The exhibition monograph and catalogue both won awards for their design. His type designs include Kolo, Old Claude, Bermuda, and Donatello. Before he was named a fellow of the American Academy at Rome for 2002, Shaw had been the recipient of both a Smithsonian Fellowship and an NEH Newberry Library Fellowship. Since his return from Rome he has been awarded a research fellowship by the Bibliographical Society of America. View Paul Shaw's testimonial #1. View Paul Shaw's testimonial #2.
SUMNER STONE ’67
Sumner Stone directed typography design at Adobe Systems for six years before starting his own business, Stone Type Foundry Inc., in 1990. He has designed several popular typefaces including the well-known ITC Stone. He is the author of On Stone, The Art and Use of Typography on the Personal Computer, and Font: Sumner Stone, Calligraphy and Type Design in a Digital Age. He has taught calligraphy, type design, and typography at a number of institutions including San Francisco State University, U.C. Santa Cruz Extension, and U.C. Berkeley Extension. View Sumner Stone's testimonial.
JACQUELINE SVAREN ’50
Calligrapher and teacher Jaki Svaren has taught in both high schools and universities in the Portland area. She established the calligraphy exhibition for practicing calligraphers at Portland State University as well as the first annual calligraphy retreat in the nation. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe. She is the author of Written Letters, 29 Alphabets for Calligraphers, which has been in print since 1972, as well as Lojor’s Letters.