Personal
- Born Boston, MA, October 9, 1932
- Father, Roger Stanley Plowden, 1902–1960
- Mother, Mary Russell Butler, 1902–2001
- Grew up in New York City and Putney, VT
- Lived in Sea Cliff, Long Island, 1969–1976
- Moved to Winnetka, IL, 1978
- Married Pleasance Coggeshall June 20, 1962; divorced 1976
- John Stanley Plowden born June 22, 1965
- Daniel Coggeshall Plowden born March 2, 1967
- Married Sandra Oakes Schoellkopf July 8, 1977
- Philip Schoellkopf Plowden born August 30, 1979
- Karen Calkins Plowden born January 12, 1982
Education
- The Putney School, Putney, VT, Class of 1951
- Yale University, New Haven, CT, BA Economics, 1955
- Private Study with Minor White, Rochester, NY, 1959–1960
- Private Study with Nathan Lyons, Rochester, NY, 1959–1960
Employment
- Great Northern Railway, Willmar, MN, 1955–1956
- American Express Company, New York, NY, 1957–1958
- Assistant to O. Winston Link, New York, NY, 1958–1959
- Assistant to George Meluso, New York, NY, 1960–1962
- Self-employed photographer and writer, 1962–present
Teaching Positions
- Illinois Institute of Technology - Institute of Design, Chicago, IL
– Visiting Associate Professor, 1978–1980
– Associate Professor, 1980–1986 (awarded tenure 1982) - University of Iowa - School of Journalism, Iowa City, IA
– Lecturer, 1985–1988 - University of Baltimore - Institute for Publications Design, Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts, Baltimore, MD
– Artist-in-Residence and Senior Fellow, 1990–1991 - Grand Valley State University - Communications Arts and Humanities Division, Allendale, MI
– Visiting Professor, 1988–1990, 1991–2007
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