Jane Willey
Jane Willey is the owner of Willey Consulting, Acworth, Georgia, a technical consultant specializing in prepress and printing techniques, as well as procedural and quality control systems.
Robert F. Gerhardt
Robert F. Gerhardt, was an American chemist, responsible for several patents at Ulano Corporation, two of which are show below. Patents: US4655841A, Filed 1985-04-09 by Ulano Corporation: A stable hardener composition for films of poly (vinyl alcohol) or poly (vinyl acetate) which preferably comprises an alkanol solution containing about 5 to 80% by weight of […]
Jacob Harris Steinman
Jacob Harris Steinman (1881–1933) was a partner in The Selectasine Company of San Francisco, California. The eight partners were, Charles Merriman Peter (1878–1965), Roy Christian Beck (1893–1984), and Jacob Harris Steinman (1881–1933), John C. Patrick Pilsworth (1872-1933), Henry Arthur Pilsworth (1873-1935), Eugene Pilsworth (1878-1917), and Edward S. Pilsworth (1870-1936). Together, 1914, the group opened a […]
Roy Christian Beck
Roy Christian Beck (1893–1984) was a partner in The Selectasine Company of San Francisco, California. The eight partners were, Edward S. Pilsworth (1870-1936), John C. Patrick Pilsworth (1872-1933), Henry Arthur Pilsworth (1873-1935), Charles Merriman Peter (1878–1965), Eugene Pilsworth (1878-1917), and Roy Christian Beck (1893–1984), the youngest of the eight. Together, in 1914, the group opened […]
Charles Merriman Peter
Charles Merriman Peter (1878–1965) was a partner in The Selectasine Company of San Francisco, California. The eight partners were, Charles Merriman Peter (1878–1965), Roy Christian Beck (1893–1984), and Jacob Harris Steinman (1881–1933), John C. Patrick Pilsworth (1872-1933), Henry Arthur Pilsworth (1873-1935), Eugene Pilsworth (1878-1917), and Edward S. Pilsworth (1870-1936). Together, 1914, the group opened a […]
Edward Arthur Owens
Edward Arthur Owens was a partner in The Selectasine Company of San Francisco, California. The partners included, Charles Merriman Peter (1878–1965), Roy Christian Beck (1893–1984), and Jacob Harris Steinman (1881–1933), John C. Patrick Pilsworth (1872-1933), Henry Arthur Pilsworth (1873-1935), Eugene Pilsworth (1878-1917), Edward S. Pilsworth (1870-1936). Together, 1914, the group opened a studio in San […]
Edward S. Pilsworth
Edward S. Pilsworth (18 August 1870 – 18 December 1936) Pilsworth worked as a commercial artist and engraving artist in San Francisco, California. Edward was born in Birmingham, England to John Patrick Pilsworth (1843-1920) a lithographer from Ireland and Odelia Delia Hanley (1847-deceased). His siblings were John C. Patrick Pilsworth (1872-1933), Henry Arthur Pilsworth (1873-1935), […]
Ernest Jere Busenbark
Ernest Jere Busenbark (11 September 1887 – 15 November 1982), an artist, author, illustrator, graphic designer, educator, and a published author. Busenbark was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana to James Henry Busenbark (26 March 1852 – 23 July 1934) and Martha E. Martha E. Strange (1858 – 1939) His brother was Claud Eldridge Busenbark (23 June […]
Ray Greenwood
Jessie Ray Greenwood received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design, followed by a Bachelor of Fine Arts program in which he studied graphic design, product design, color, and printing technologies. After completing university, Greenwood went to work in a commercial screenprint facility. Stretch Devices, Inc. In 1993, he was recruited by Nancy Gray to […]
Saul Ray Rueby (Rubenstein)
Saul “Ray” Rueby (Rubenstein) was born 14 Dec 1898 in Troy, Pike County, Alabama to Woodford Benjamin Rubenstein and Anna “Belle” (Paschtein) Rubenstein. He was married to Alice Belle (Marshall) Rueby, and he was the father of Ray Rueby, Jr. (1926-2019) and Alys (Rueby) Tracewell (1919-2006) He changed his name from Saul Ray Rubenstein to […]
Harry Gottlieb
Harry Gottlieb (September 23, 1895 – July 4, 1992) was an American painter, screenprinter, lithographer, and educator. Biography Gottlieb was born in Bucharest, Romania, on September 23, 1895.[1] He immigrated to America in 1907, and his family settled in Minneapolis.[2] His family was Jewish.[3] From 1915 to 1917, Gottlieb attended the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. […]
David Ream
David Ream was one of the early innovators of the screenprinting process as we know it today. Screenprinting did not exist until frames with wire mesh attached were first used, albeit with the ink transferred by brush or a roller (see Patent 106874, H.W. Rudolf, 1870) through the open areas of the stencil. It was […]
Benjamin Walker
Benjamin Walker was one of the early innovators of the screenprinting process as we know it today. Screenprinting did not exist until frames with wire mesh attached were first used, albeit with the ink transferred by brush or a roller (see Patent 106874, H.W. Rudolf, 1870) through the open areas of the stencil. It was […]
David Signor Stouffer
David Signor Stouffer (1909-June 2,1988). In 1934, Stouffer and his wife, Alberta P. Fischer Stouffer (July 24, 1914-May 26, 1997), founded Stouffer Industries of South Bend, Indiana (dba Stouffer Graphic Arts), which traces its origin to July 1929 when Stouffer opened a commercial photo studio. The studio had expanded to include advertising, design, and printing. […]
Benjamin “Ben” C. Russell
Benjamin “Ben” C. Russell (1876-1941) was born on a small farm in Tallapoosa County to Benjamin Francis Commander (B. F. C.) Russell, a decorated veteran who served under Confederate general James Longstreet, and Sarah Henderson Russell. In the early 1880s, the Russells moved to Alexander City from a nearby farm now covered by Lake Martin. […]
Arthur A. Tracton
Arthur A. (Art) Tracton – January 17, 1935 – January 26, 2021. Art was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania. He graduated from Temple University with a B.S. in Chemistry. After serving in the United States Army, Art began a long career as a coatings chemist. He worked at several companies, including National Starch. He […]
Deborah Sexton
Deborah Sexton – Deborah started her career with Miller Freeman in 1980 as an editor with VNU. She was given the editorship of Impressions Magazine in 1981 and became Editor-in-Chief in 1994. When the the magazine moved from Dallas, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia in 2001 Deborah resigned her position. She began working as a freelance […]
Laura Unterbrink Maybaum
Laura Unterbrink Maybaum – was first introduced to screen printing as part of her Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications Technology at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio. The classes and lab print projects developed a strong interest in screen printing, leading her to pursue an internship with Sefar America (formerly known as Tetko) in […]
Andy Anderson
Andy Anderson’s history begins in 1968 when he was first inspired by the custom paintwork on motorcycles. This led to Andy building his first Harley, a 1949 EL, in 1969/70 at the ripe old age of seventeen. Andy painted it of course and the rest is history as they say. Someone saw that bike and […]
Danny Sweem
Danny Sweem has had a long and illustrious career in the screenprinting technologies. Danny attended York Technical College from 1985 to 1989, where he earned two Associate Degrees; Study Management & General Business . After college, Danny began his career in retail as the owner of two small sporting good stores in South Carolina. From 1999 […]
Mark Gervais
Mark Gervais – Director of Screen Print, Ningbo Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd (2009-Present) Mark has worked passionately about the screenprinting technologies since 1976. His career began printing PCB’s (printed circuit boards) for Apple Computer. In 1987, he had made the move into textiles screenprinting. Mark worked with various large scale printing operations on the […]
Peter Walsh
Peter Walsh (born 1962) – Current Vice President at Nazdar SourceOne. Walsh began his career in the screenprinting industry in 1986, when he went to work for TAS Screenprinting Equipment in his native Australia. During the years Walsh worked for the company TAS became a major player as a manufacturer of high quality automatic textile […]
Colonel William (Bill) H. Donaldson
Colonel William (Bill) H. Donaldson (May 1864–August 1, 1925) – Donaldson founded The Billboard Advertiser (now Billboard Magazine). If you are wondering how the founder of Billboard Magazine is associated with screenprinting, we will get there in a moment. However, if not for Donaldson and his ventures, we might not have the International Sign Association […]
Mike Ruff
Mike Ruff – Ruff has been involved in the graphic arts industry since 1971 when he began as a sign painter and screenprinter. Since then, he’s founded two companies: Missouri Poster & Banner (a large-format screen printing company) and PGF Megafilm, a large-format prepress service bureau that produced film, plates, and screens for screen and […]
Rick Roth
Rick Roth – Rick started his career in the early 1970s, and eventually founded Mirror Image in 1988. He serves as President of the Pawtucket, Rhode Island company, a major award-winning shop for over 20-years. Mirror Image is located in a beautiful old mill building, which is a five-minute walk from Slater Mill, considered the […]
Bruce Ridge
Bruce Ridge is a California Polytechnic State University’s Graphic Communications Program graduate and remains a constant student and educator of the screenprinting and inkjet printing processes. His printing company was awarded several Golden Squeegee. Ridge has worked with Nazdar in Consulting, Product Training, Product Management, and Sales. He began and facilitated the Masterprint Color Training […]
Tamas Sandor Frecska
Tamas Sandor Frecska was born in 1939, Budapest, Hungary. In 1956 he participated in the Hungarian uprising against Soviet occupation and escaped to the West. He’s lived in the US since 1957 and graduated from Beloit College (1961/ BA in industrial design) and LaSalle University (business management). Frecska is the author of many critical technical […]
Albert F. Shore
Albert Ferdinand Shore (September 4, 1876 – January 17, 1936) was born in New York City, and was an American metallurgist. Shore was the Founder, President, Treasurer, and Director of the Shore Instrument and Manufacturing Company, Inc. of New York City. The Shore Instrument Co. was located in the Jamaica area of New York City. […]
Jackie James
Anyone who was in the textile division of the screenprinting technologies since the beginning in 1977 fondly remembers Jackie James as the person in charge of the Imprinted Sportswear Shows. James was the Show Director for the first Imprinted Sportswear Show held in Dallas, Texas in May of 1977 and held the position until 1981. […]
Rich Hoffman
Hoffman is the founder of M&R Printing Equipment. He is responsible for many innovations in the screen printing industry’s textile and graphic segments.
Donald (Don) Newman
Donald (Don) Newman – President of Stretch Devices, Inc., is best known as the inventor and patented manufacturer of the Newman Roller Frame and its many related worldwide patented technologies. Don received his education at Penn State University, where he received a degree in structural engineering. Don also pursued graduate research in psychophysiology and engineering […]
Geoff Mccue
Geoff McCue – He is a well-respected and well-known industry member who, throughout his career, has contributed to the industry’s advancement. His achievements include several product inventions – including a patented registration system, die-cut stencil systems, and several test films – although his most notable invention is the first digital screenmaking system that Gerber Scientific […]
Mark A. Coudray
Mark A. Coudray – (born December 13, 1954) In 1973, Coudray started his first screenprinting shop, Coudray Serigraphics, in San Luis Obispo, California, when he was nineteen in his family garage, and it is still in business today. The textile printing shop quickly became a World Class Operation, producing the world’s finest and award-winning textile […]
Joseph (Joe) P. Clarke
Joseph P. Clarke – (1951-2019) – Joe Clarke was born in Youngstown, Ohio on Sept. 18, 1951. Entering the screenprinting technologies after graduating from high school in 1967, Clarke first learned his craft at McHenry Plastics. Two years later, he opened Clarke’s Screen Printing. What followed was an illustrious career as an award-winning author and […]
Richard Greaves
Richard started screen printing in 1980 when he grew tired of working in the family landscape architecture business. He learned screen printing at Eder Manufacturing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he printed custom flags and T-shirts for the ad-specialty industry. After he left Eder, Richard worked as a consultant and helped found the American Institute of […]
Dale W. Kim
Dale W. Kim – Director at Murakami Screen USA starting in 1988. Murakami was established in 1965 and contributed to the growth and development of the screen printing industry. Dale operated out of the U.S. Headquarters for Murakami in Monterey Park, California, overseeing operations throughout the Americas. Through Dale’s leadership, the company was influential in […]
George Dempsey Legh-Page, Jr.
George Dempsey Legh-Page (20 Mar 1948 – 21 May 2023) was a Regional Manager for Ulano for several decades. George was extremely well-known and admired by the many screenprinters he helped over the decades, as well as the distributors of Ulano products. George was married to Susie Fortwengler, the daughter of Joe Fortwengler and Jean […]
Michelle Moxley
Michelle Moxley is the Director of Innovation for M&R Print Companies. She attended Penn Valley College (1997-2002) where she received her AA in Graphic Design. She then received a BFA in media arts, and both 2D and 3D animation at the Art Institute of Washington, DC. (2002-2005). Michelle was previously the Research and Development Artist […]
Albert “Al” J. Petsy
Albert “Al” J. Petsy – (16 Nov 1928 – 30 Mar 2020) – Al Petsy was born in Canton, Ohio to the late Benny and Mary Baptist Petsy. After attending Canton South High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. Al worked for Ulano and SAATI as […]
Benjamin Henry Day, Jr.
Benjamin Henry Day, Jr (7 Mar 1838 – 30 Aug 1916), inventor of the Ben-Day process, a printing and photoengraving technique dating from 1878, an illustrator, and printer. Day was born in West Hoboken, New Jersey to Benjamin Henry Day (1810–1889) and Evelina Shepard (b. 1811). His father was an American newspaper publisher best known […]
Harold D. Wells
Harold D. Wells of St. Louis, Missouri, founded the Black Body Corporation in 1967. Wells created and patented the basic electric infrared emitter and heater that is still in a variety of applications today. The Black Body® trade name, which is still used today, was chosen because in physics the term “black body” is a […]
Wade Swormstedt
Wade Swormstedt was born to David Reid Swormstedt, Jr, and Winifred Bronson Swormstedt. He attended Boston University for two years (1978-1980) where he graduated with a BS in Journalism. Wade played #8 for BU rugby club that was 17-1-1 in his senior year, with triumphs in the 1980 Mardi Gras and Beanpot tournaments. Neiman-Marcus had […]
Tod Swormstedt
Tod Swormstedt is the son of David R. Swormstedt, Jr. He spent 26 years on the staff of Signs of the Times magazine, which was founded in 1906. He became the fourth-generation editor of the “bible of the sign industry,” following in his family’s footsteps. Tod parlayed all of his knowledge and contacts into a […]
Charles M. Jessup
Charles M. Jessup, founded Charles M. Jessup, Inc in 1948. They were one of the oldest established suppliers to the commerical screenprinting technologies in the USA. Sea Jay Mfg. a division of Charles M. Jessup, Inc. was originally incorporated in 1969 as an equipment manufacturer. Sea Jay has discontinued manufacturing many of their products. however, […]
Rick Boyd
Rick Boyd entered the screenprinting technologies in 1972 at All State Nameplate, cutting printed metal nameplates. A year later, he became the first employee of Advance Process. The second employee was Don Hazard. Boyd later went to work for Texas Screen and Sign in Dallas (Now Graphic Solutions Group – GSG) and then worked with […]
Jim Raymont
Jim Raymont is the Director of Sales for EIT LLC. He joined EIT in 1993 and has been involved with the sales, marketing, and product development of EIT’s UV products since 1996. Jim co-holds four patents on UV measurement. Jim frequently contributes to articles on UV Measurement & Process Control and regularly presents talks, seminars, […]
Mike McEvoy
Mike McEvoy, who had his own screenprint shop for many years, started screenprinting in 1979 at the age of 14. Originally from Richmond, Indiana, Mike now lives in Monroe, Connecticut. In 1994, he co-founded Workhorse Products, a screenprint equipment manufacturing company. Mike and has co-developed dozens of screenprinting machines for the industry. He is currently […]
Ed Blazer
Ed operated Blazer Screenprint Company at 1130 South Halsted Street in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Many will remember Ed as the printer of the Chicago Blue T-shirts. During 1994-96, Blazer hired industry consultant Joe Clarke, who developed a proprietary garment printing process, which Clarke coined Photo Realism. Clarke won several Golden Squeegee Awards with his Photo […]
James Martin
James Martin – Martin serves as Executive Vice President of Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, and Executive Secretary of the Supplier and Manufacturer Advisory Council. He has dedicated 25 years of distinguished service to the offset and digital printing media industry, previously as President and CEO of […]
Henry G. Wilhelm
Henry G. Wilhelm, American researcher and author, is the co-founder, along with Carol Brower Wilhelm of Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. Wilhelm serves as president, and director of research at Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. and appears frequently as a speaker on print permanence technology at industry conferences, trade shows, and museum conservation meetings. Wilhelm conducts research […]
Carol Brower Wilhelm
Carol Brower Wilhelm is the co-founder, along with Henry G. Wilhelm, and vice-president of Wilhelm Imaging Research. Brower and Wilhelm began their association in 1978 during the early controversy regarding potential adverse effects of alkaline-buffered boards and papers on color photographs. Brower started investigating fine art conservation in 1970, first as a student in the […]
Tim Quinn
Tim Quinn, the lead consultant for Nazdar, offers decades of experience presenting innovative solutions to printers for various technical processes, from prepress and workflow file automation to color control and print production analysis. He is certified for both G7 and G7 Process Control. Quinn has worked for Nazdar since 1997. In 2011, he received the […]
Mike Sanders
Mike Sanders has enjoyed a long and storied career in the textiles and printing industries, starting in 1973 with Cal-Pacific Dyeing, Finishing & Printing, and later founding Pacific Coast Fabrics (PCF) in 1995 with co-founder, Brian Vieweg. Mike and Brian proceeded to build PCF into one of the most respected, innovative suppliers of fabrics for […]
Ted Stahl
Ted Stahl is the Executive Chairman of the Board of GroupeSTAHL, a leading international manufacturer, distributor and direct supplier in the field of custom textile printing. Headquartered in Michigan. Their multi-national affiliates and subsidiaries include heat transfer manufacturing, sports printing supplies, heat transfer adhesives, and films manufacturing, heat press equipment manufacturing, artwork services and software, […]
Guy H. Robinson
Guy H. Robinson (1879-1949) a pioneer in the screenprinting technologies, was the founder of G. H. Robinson Screen Printing which produced Tire Covers in Chicago. Robinson was a pioneer in the screenprinting technologies and was credited with important developments in screenprinting during his life. He retired in 1949 and sold the firm. Robinson was born […]
Jerry Reid Swormstedt
Jerry Reid Swormstedt (1934-2015) – was born to David Reid Swormstedt, Sr., and his wife, Helen. A 1956 graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism, Jerry joined ST Publications in 1959 as an Assistant Editor for Signs of the Times magazine. In 1970, Jerry became editorial director of Signs of the […]
Rick L. Fuqua
Rick L. Fuqua has been in the screenprinting industry since 1990. Fuqua has a Teaching Degree in Graphic Communications and a Masters in Technology Education. Fuqua is the owner and operator of Real Performance Machinery L.L.C. (RPM) in Indianapolis, Indiana, which manufacturers automatic screenprinting presses. A separate division of the company, Rebuilt Machine Works division […]
Ford Bowers
Ford Bowers – Ford Bowers is president and CEO of PRINTING United Alliance, formerly the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA). PRINTING United Alliance is the combined entity of SGIA, Printing Industries of America (PIA), and NAPCO Media. Ford entered the printing industry in 2006 as an account manager for Miller Zell, a leading retail/POP print […]
Saul Ray Rueby, Jr.
Saul Ray Rueby, Jr. – (1 Sep 1926 – 7 Apr 2019) – Born in Michigan City to Saul Ray Rueby (Rubenstein), Sr., Indiana, Rueby graduated from Monroe High School in 1944 and entered the Army Air Corps in W.W.II until 1946. Ray attended the University of Rochester and earned a BA in English. While […]
Jon Weiss
Jon Weiss [b March 17, 1955] is a dinosaur in the screenprinting technologies. Jon got his start in the family owned business, Buffalo Shirt Factory, located in Clarence, New York, in June 1974 when his father made him a Vice President and Production Manager. John grew the company from a family owned business with 5 […]
Eugene Cook Bingham
Eugene Cook Bingham (8 December 1878 – 6 November 1945) was a professor and head of the department of chemistry at Lafayette College. Bingham made many contributions to rheology, a term he is credited (from a suggestion by colleague, Markus Reiner) with introducing in 1920. He was a pioneer in both the theory and practice […]
Joseph G. Schickel
Joseph G. Schickel received a B.S. in Graphic Communications Technology, California University of Pennsylvania and his Master of Industrial Education from Clemson University. Currently he is the chair of the Department of Applied Engineering and Technology, where he teaches courses in Advanced Screen Printing Techniques, Advanced Flexographic Techniques, Digital Publishing, Flexographic and Package Printing Processes, […]
Donald (Don) Burl Pettry
Donald (Don) Burl Pettry (Mr. Plastisol) was born December 10, 1928, in Akron, Ohio, to John Sidney Pettry and Emeline Haught Pettry. Pettry served in the U.S. Army and earned his degree in Chemistry at Abilene Christian College. He married Virginia Iris Spence of Poteet, Texas, in 1949, and they resided in Pennsylvania where he […]
Lon Winters
Lon Winters attended Doane University in Crete, Nebraska, where he received his BS and BA, studying Mathematics and Fine Arts in 1989. After university, Lon worked at Ocean Pacific, where he began in the screen reclaim area and worked his way up as he learned the screenprinting process. At the age of 21, Lon Winters […]
Henry Arthur Pilsworth
Henry Arthur Pilsworth (1873-1934) – A commercial artist working in New York, Oregon, and California. Pilsworth was born in Birmingham, England to John Patrick Pilsworth (1843-1920) a lithographer from Ireland and Odelia Delia Hanley (1847-deceased). His siblings were Edward S. Pilsworth (1870-1936), John C. Patrick Pilsworth (1872-1933), Harry Pilsworth (1874-deceased), Delia Francis Pilsworth (1876-1960), Eugene […]
Mitch Different
Mitch Different – Art Director for Sunline Products in Houston (Katy), Texas. Different has been producing award winning art for the textile industry in 1980. He begin a freelance illustrator and designer with commissioned for a variety of substrates requiring high end graphics in a variety of styles. Realism, cartooning, digital graphics and illustration. Specializing […]
Thomas A. McKeever
Thomas (Tom) A. McKeever (c.1942-2011) Design Engineer for Budd Co. and Stretch Devices, Inc. of Philadelphia, PA., where he served as Managing Director and Head of Engineering. McKeever’s name appears on many patents issued to Stretch Devices. He was the inventor of the Stretch Devices LOC Gauge, Patent No. US5765476, filed Oct 15, 1996, among […]
Anthony (Tony) Velonis
Anthony Velonis (23 October 1911 – 29 October 1997) – He studied in the College of Fine Arts at New York University. After attending university, Velonis became a painter and designer. He married Eliza Amidon and they had four children. In 1934 he began working for the Civilian Work Administration (CWA) as a poster artist, […]
Beatrice (Bea) Mandelman
Beatrice (Bea) Mandelman – Born December 31, 1912 in Newark, New Jersey, from an early age Bea was determined to be an artist. At age 12, she began taking classes at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art. In the 1930s, she attended Rutgers University, the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art and […]
Frances “Jean” Fortwengler
Frances Jean Fortwengler (February 19, 1927 – January 21, 2008) – Jean was born in Louisville, Kentucky to the late Nola and Jessie Fesler. Her father was a coal miner and worked in road construction as a bulldozer operator, and was transferred to many cities, during Jean’s childhood. Her early years helped shape the woman […]
Joseph “Joe” A. Fortwengler
Joseph A. Fortwengler (September 26, 1925 – September 26, 2010) was born to the late Herman Fortwengler and Josephine Bencken Fortwengler in Louisville, Kentucky. As the youngest of eight children, Joe proudly served his country in the Navy during World War II and was present at the famous battle of Iwo Jima. After returning from […]
John Provost
John Provost is an independent digital textile printing consultant and technical editor of Digital Textile magazine. He was 2009’s joint winner of the Henry E. Millson Award for Invention, for the development of the first commercially available inkjet printer for textile fabrics, in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. The award is presented annually by […]
Kevin Myers
Kevin Myers is the Global Digital Printing business manager of Huntsman Textile Effects based in Basel, Switzerland. In this role, he manages a dedicated “ink” team of fifteen people fully focused on digital textile printing and who are responsible for research & technology of inks, pilot production and sales & marketing. Mr. Myers began his […]
Dr. Qinguo Fan
Dr. Qinguo Fan – Professor of Materials & Textiles at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dr. Quinguo Fan earned his Ph. D in Color Chemistry from the University of Leeds, UK in 1995. He received an MS and a BS in Textile Chemistry from China Textile University (now DongHua University), Shanghai, China in 1988 and […]
Dr. Michael T. Fralix
Dr. Michael T. Fralix, Ph.D. – President and CEO [TC]² For the last twenty-two years, Dr. Mike Fralix has worked in a variety of capacities at [TC]² and has provided guidance to hundreds of sewn products companies. With thirty-four years of experience in apparel manufacturing, research and development, operations and corporate management, he leads the […]
Eliot Elisofon
Eliot Elisofon (April 17, 1911 – April 7, 1973) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. He was the photographer of the first printed T-shirt to be shown in mass media. And, while Elisofon may be remembered by those in the screenprinting technologies for that one photograph, he was quite well known for his many […]
Michael Green
Michael Green – The President and C.E.O. of A.W.T. World Trade Group (which is comprised of A.W.T. World Trade, Inc., American M&M Screen Printing Equipment Co., and Graphic Parts International, Inc.) of Chicago, Illinois. Green recently gave the following statement about the company… A.W.T. World Trade, Inc.’s primary mission has always been to provide the […]
Sheldon Green
Sheldon Green – The co-founder, with his brother Melvin “Mel” Green, in 1949 of Advance Process Supply, American Screen Printing Company, A.W.T. World Trade Group (which is comprised of A.W.T. World Trade, Inc., American M&M Screen Printing Equipment Co., and Graphic Parts International, Inc.) of Chicago, Illinois. Michael Green, the son of Sheldon Green, is […]
Melvin “Mel” Green
Melvin “Mel” Green – (1921 – 2012) – The co-founder, with his brother Sheldon Green, in 1949 of Advance Process Supply, American Screen Printing Company, A.W.T. World Trade Group (which is comprised of A.W.T. World Trade, Inc., American M&M Screen Printing Equipment Co., and Graphic Parts International, Inc.) of Chicago, Illinois. Green held over 100 […]
Thomas B. Hood
Thomas B. Hood (1911-1997) – born to George Thomas Hood (1880 – 1962) and Estella Mae (nay Carroll) Hood (1882-1969), into a family of farmers and ranchers who moved to Cedar Hill, Texas from Tiptonville, Tennessee. Hood grew up in Cedar Hill, Texas. Hood began his career in the graphic arts as a young man […]
Johnny Shell
Johnny Shell – Was the Vice President of the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association’s Technical Services Division, directing and coordinating the department’s activities. Shell taught SGIA workshops and wrote technical articles for various industry publications, including the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association Journal Magazine. He also conducted seminars at several industry events, including the Specialty Graphic Imaging […]
James Ortolani
James Ortolani – (born 1957) – Since 1992, Ortolani has worked for HIX Corporation. He is currently the Domestic Sales Manager for the HIX Corporation. During that time, he traveled to 22 countries, presenting screenprinting seminars. He has traveled to 22 countries setting up screen-printing operations and presenting screen-print-related seminars. As a long-time innovator in […]
Bert Zahn
Bert Zahn – Illustrator, Author, Educator. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Zahn pioneered graphic arts development and training. Bert Zahn led an exciting life. As a young man, he learned sign-painting techniques. During World II, Zahn joined the US Navy and taught screenprinting to military personnel as a fast and efficient process for printing posters and […]
Norman Wolcott
Norman Wolcott started in the screenprinting industry in 1979 and first worked for Harshaw. Wolcott is the Chairman of the Board for Nor-Cote International, Inc. and has been with the company since 1985. Norcote International, Inc. is a premier manufacturer of UV Curable Screenprinting inks and emulsions. They began as a one-man company in 1976 […]
Herbert A. Wells
Herbert A. Wells (1917-2007) – Owner of Insta Graphic Systems and Founder of International Coatings in 1957, and Owner of Insta Graphic Systems since 1969. Wells was born in Germany on October 7, 1917. Following the murder of one of his friends by Hitler Youth in 1934, his parents sent him to the United States […]
Robert Webster
Robert Webster – 1979 inductee into the Academy of Screen and Digital Print Technologies (ASDPT).
Bill Wainner
Bill Wainner – (October 27, 1952) – Wainner began his career in screenprinting in 1967 at the age of 15. While many printers start in their garage, Bill began printing peace symbols on fluorescent decal paper in his bedroom and selling them at school, where he reportedly earned a couple of hundred dollars a week. […]
Mark L. Venit
Mark Louis Venit (1948-2015) – Industry consultant and marketing guru, speaker at many trade shows, writer, author, teacher, hypnotist, game show contestant, a pianist, disk jockey, professional sandcastle builder, a Rotarian and Mason, and a staunch Republican. Venit was born on December 5, 1948 in Philadelphia to Irving Gordon Venit and Mildred F. (Schnoll) Klugman. […]
Joseph Ulano
Joseph Ulano (Ulanoff) (Jul 4, 1906 – Feb 24, 1992) was a Kyiv, Russian immigrant who found work in screenprinting in New York. In the 1920s, he began improving the screenprinting process, especially in stencils. While working as a foreman at a New York-based screen printing shop in 1929, just before the Great Depression, Ulano […]
Mike Ukena
Mike Ukena – Mike Ukena has devoted more than 30 years to the screenprinting industry. First, as a business owner in Washington state, followed by three years at Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) in technical support and as Director of Education, and finally, 18 years with Union Ink Company as a Regional Sales Manager. During […]
Charles (Chuck) C. Tibbetts
Charles (Chuck) C. Tibbetts – (Sept 15, 1923 – November 9, 2010) – Tibbetts was born in Eagle Rock, California, and remained in Southern California throughout his life. He was a World War II Veteran, serving as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army; a D-Day Survivor (Omaha Beach), a proud member of the Military Order […]
Charlie Taublieb
Charlie Taublieb – A graduate of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with a BS in Fine Art, majoring in painting and minors in printmaking and drawing, Taublieb continues to enjoy painting in his spare time. After graduating in 1976, Charlie owned Great American Screen Designs in Brooklyn, New York, an automated screen printing company. […]
Ray Smith
Ray Smith – Involved in the screen-printing industry since 1978, as an art director, production manager, plant manager and business owner. He re-joined Wilflex in 2008 as the applications lab manager and is charged with benchmarking products, investigating ink inquiries and testing new inks and applications
Glenn Michael Shull
Glenn M. Shull (30 May 1962 – 24 July 2024), business leader, author, photographer. Shull was the youngest of three siblings, born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He attended Council Rock High School and the College of the Redwoods. Having worked in multiple areas, Screen, Digital, and Litho since 1981, Shull held positions from Account Management […]
Lawrence “Larry” Rogers
Lawrence “Larry” Rogers (September 07, 1941 – January 25, 2019) – President of Jay Products Company. Rogers was a graduate of Elder High School in Cincinnati, OH, served in the Air Force Reserve, and eventually became the president of Jay Products. In 1974 Rogers was inducted into the Academy of Screen and Digital Print Technologies […]
Eugene Pilsworth
Eugene Pilsworth (1878-1917) – A San Francisco commercial artist. Eugene was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England to John Patrick Pilsworth (1843-1920) a lithographer from Ireland and Odelia Delia Hanley (1847-deceased). His siblings were John C. Patrick Pilsworth (1872-1933), Edward S. Pilsworth (1870-1936) Henry Arthur Pilsworth (1873-1935), Harry Pilsworth (1874-deceased), Delia Francis Pilsworth (1876-1960), Eugene Pilsworth […]
John C. Patrick Pilsworth
John C. Patrick Pilsworth (1871–1933) – A commercial artist and gravure engraver, an innovator and the first screenprinting consultant. Pilsworth was born in Birmingham, England to John Patrick Pilsworth (1843–1920) a lithographer from Ireland and Odelia Delia Hanley (1847–deceased). His siblings were Edward S. Pilsworth (1870–1936), Henry Arthur Pilsworth (1873–1934), Harry Pilsworth (1874–deceased), Delia Francis […]
Wolfgang Pfirrmann
Wolfgang Pfirrmann – He began his career in screenprinting at Domberger KG, Filderstadt, Germany, from 1976 to 1979, where he apprenticed as a screenprinter. He then spent the next five years, from 1979 to 1984, doing freelance work and consulting in screenprinting. He then worked as a screenprinter and production manager in Hamburg for two […]
Tedd Swormstedt
Tedd Swormstedt was the President of ST Media Group International beginning in 1990, working in the financial and advertising side of the business. ST Media Group International produces publications (Big Picture, BXP, Screen Printing Magazine, Signs of the Times, and VMSD), websites ( and events for the visual communication markets consisting of signage and graphics, […]
David Reid Swormstedt, Sr.
David (Dave) Reed Swormstedt, Sr. (1904 – 1978) was born in Ohio to George Willliam (Willie) Swormstedt (1874-1960) and Helen (nee Short) Swormstedt (1873-1951). Swormstedt, Sr. was married to Helen (nee Menefee) Swormstedt (1904-1991) in 1926, and together, they had two sons, David R. Swormstedt, Jr. (1929-2013) and Jerry R. Swormstedt (1934-2015). Swormstedt, Sr. was […]
Marvin Page
Marvin Page was the sales manager for Jay Products, Cincinnati, OH. Page is a 1981 inductee into the Academy of Screen and Digital Print Technologies (ASDPT).
Donald A. Marsden
Donald A. Marsden (August 28, 1942 – August 20, 2020) – Majoring in English literature at Princeton University, he went on to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University before teaching English at Gettysburg College and Adelphi University. Mr. Marsden joined Ulano in 1972 and received technical training in screenprinting at Ulano laboratories in New York […]
Rick Mandel
Rick Mandel – After graduation from the University of Wisconsin, where he received a BS degree, Mandel went to work in the family business, Mandel Graphic Solutions, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He represents the fourth generation of the 120-year-old graphics firm. Mandel Company is a 4th generation business that has successfully navigated a progressive course […]
Gene Landesman
Eugene (Gene) Landesman was the founder of Lawson Screen Products in St. Louis, Missouri, and the inventor of many innovative machines for the industry. His father was an immigrant artist from Berlin, Germany, who came to St. Louis to paint the murals for the German pavilion at the 1904 World’s Fair. He grew up near […]
John Kenneth Lamb
John Kenneth Lamb (7/7/1911 – 11/28/2006) was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to John Otis Lamb and Nelle Evangeline Martin. Lt. Colonel John K. Lamb volunteered for duty in the Army Air Corps the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, WWII. He served in the Classified Message Center as Top Secret Control Officer, Chief of […]
E. J. Kyle
E. J. Kyle – Kyle is a 1976 inductee into the Academy of Screen and Digital Print Technologies (ASDPT).
Albert Kosloff
Albert Kosloff (March 28, 1911 – July 17, 1993) is the author of several books on screen printing. He coined the term mitography during WWII with the intent of offering a term that was comprehensive, technically correct, concise, and easy to translate into other languages. The word was taken from the Greek prefix mitos meaning […]
Marci Kinter
Marci Kinter – Received a bachelor’s degree in urban planning from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master’s degree in public administration from George Mason University. After graduation, Kinter worked for The American Waterways Operators, Inc., the national association for the barge and towing industry. In 1989, Kinter joined the Specialty Graphic Imaging […]
Terrance “Terry” Kaiserman
Terrance “Terry” Kaiserman – Attended the Marion Insitute in Marion, AL, received his AA at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, FL, attended the University of Southern Mississippi and received his B.A. in Communications-Radio and Television at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Currently, Kaiserman is the President/Chief Technical Officer for Colortronics Technologies. He directs […]
Bill Windsor
William Michael Windsor (born October 2, 1948) is an American business and publishing magnate and the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of The Windsor Companies. During his publishing career, beginning in 1977, Windsor has owned and/or operated over 100 magazines and trade shows. Other business interest include those in the travel businesses, retail stores, […]
Sam T. Ingram
Sam T. Ingram – Received his B.S. from Appalachian State University in 1978, his Master of Industrial Education from Clemson University in 1982, and his Doctorate in Education from Clemson in 1985. After graduating from Clemson, Ingram worked as a Graphic Arts Teacher, a Woodworking Instructor, and in the Industrial Arts in the public school […]
Herman G. Haffner
Herman G. Haffner is Chief Executive Officer for Nor-Cote International. He has played an instrumental role in ultraviolet curing, devoting much of his career to increasing printers’ acceptance and success with UV inks and radiation curing. Haffner (with fellow Who’s Who member Joe Raymond) advanced early research using IR heat to accelerate and improve UV […]
Nancy Gray
Nancy Laurie Gray (1 May 1950 – 23 January 2023) was born in Brooklyn, New York, where she attended James Madison High School and then Studied at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Nancy started her career as a serigrapher but found the sales end of the industry exciting enough to change her focus. Nancy was well-known […]
Henry Lee “Hank” Granberry
Henry Lee “Hank” Granberry (Jan 31, 1925 – Aug 11, 2001) was born in the small East Texas town of Hawkins. In 1948, he married Mena Gene Wilbourn, a fellow East Texan from Wills Point, while he was serving in the U.S. Navy. They had four children, Michael Granberry (Nancy Churnin), Mark Granberry (Charla Granberry), […]
Mark Goodridge
Mark Goodridge, with his wife, Sue, started Goodridges Screen Printing in Maine, USA in 1982. They printed on a wide variety of garments as well as signs, posters, and bumper stickers. Eventually selling his screenprinting business, Mark became the editor of now-defunct Screenplay Magazine, a textile screen printing trade magazine. Later he served as the […]
Daniel Gilsdorf
Daniel Gilsdorf – After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 1992 with a B.S. in Industrial Technology with a concentration in Graphic Arts Management, Gilsdorf began his screenprinting career as Production Manager for Kings Graphics, Inc. of Mendota Heights, MN. He then worked as a Laboratory Technician in an internship at Tetko, Inc. of […]
Scott O. Fresener
Scott O. Fresener – Started screenprinting in his garage in the 1970s, along with his wife, Pat Fresener. The business was sold in 1978, to devote time to writing his How To Print T-Shirts For Fun and Profit! Since, he has been a mainstay in the industry producing articles, books, CDs and DVDs, software and […]
Robert Owen Fossett
Robert (Bob) Owen Fossett was born in Falmouth, Kentucky, on January 26, 1907. When he was 11, his family moved to a farm near Morrow, Ohio, where he finished grade school. He attended high school for one year in Fort Thomas and finished his education in Morrow. Fossett received two years of commercial art education […]
Sylve J. D. Ericsson
Sylve J. D. Ericsson – (born 1944) – Ericsson is the Executive Vice President of Interchange Equipment, Inc. of Passaic, New Jersey, the full-service connection for new and reconditioned screenprinting equipment. He has been involved in the development and technical sales of screenprinting equipment for the international market for more than 40 years. Ericsson is […]
Richard Eisenbeiss
Richard Eisenbeiss (born 1927) was born in Heidelberg, Germany. He studied law in Basel, Switzerland, and Heidelberg. As a student, Richard worked for almost three years at the University of Heidelberg as executive secretary of the Foreign Department. After a stint at the courts of law, Richard went to the US to work in NYC […]
Steve Duccilli
Steve Duccilli, began his career as the senior Vice President of Content of Screen Printing Magazine, published by ST Media Group International. ST Media Group International, Inc. operated as a publishing company. The company provided trade information through various media outlets, including trade publications, magazines, events, Websites, e-newsletters, books, and educational materials, digital editions, tablet-accessible […]
D. L. “Dutch” Drehle
D. L. “Dutch” Drehle – His distinguished career in 1958 with an apprenticeship position while attending college. After graduating from Colorado State University in 1961, Drehle founded Plass Container Company, a division of Colorado Serum Company, which later absorbed the shop where Drehle had been an apprentice and grew to a million-dollar-a-year container decorating company […]
Art Dobie
Art Dobie – Received his Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communication, specializing in Screenprint Technology, in 1980 from California University of Pennsylvania. Since graduating, Dobie has been with Sefar, Inc. and is now the Technical Marketing Manager for Sefar, Inc., located in Depew, New York. Dobie is a Life Member and Fellow of the Society […]
David “Dave” Dennings
David “Dave” Dennings holds a Bachelor’s in Visual Communications Technology from Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, where he was first introduced to screenprinting. Following graduation, he worked for four years as an area manager for a chain of retail portrait studios throughout the United States and England. In 1987, at the suggestion of a college […]
Dawn Hohl
Dawn Hohl graduated with a B.S. in Graphic Communications and Technology, with a Screen Printing option, from the California University of Pennsylvania in California, PA, in 1989. Since graduating, Hohl has worked for the Screen Printing Technical Foundation (SPTF), an affiliated organization of the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) dedicated to advancing the screen printing […]
Rick Davis
Rick Davis began his career running a 4-color Hydraulic Precision Oval in 1976 for Tee Formations (in a barn) in Tipp City, Ohio. Since then, Rick has enjoyed a background in Production Management, Artwork Engineering, and as an industry consultant. He is the author of many outstanding technical articles for the screenprinting industry and is a […]
John M. Crawford
John M. Crawford – (1939-2001) After graduating from the University of Texas with a degree in association management, Crawford earned the distinguished Certified Association Executive (CAE) and Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) designation from the American Society of Association Executives. From there, he began his career in 1969 with what was then the Screen Printing Association […]
Max Arthur Cohn
Max Arthur Cohn (1903–1998) was an American artist (fine arts painter), born in England. His family emigrated to the United States when he was two years old. Cohn was one of the artists employed by the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression, painting for the Easel Project and the Public Works […]
Fred Clarke
Fred Clarke – (d. January 8, 1992) – Master color separator for the screenprinting industries. Fred became interested in photography while serving his country in United States Navy. Afterward, Fred founded an offset printing business in Dallas, Texas. His company printed greeting cards and other paper items using the four-color process. Clarke’s wife, Pat Clarke, […]
Denise Breard
Denise Breard began working at Action Screen Printing in New Orleans during the late 1970s. She quickly found her calling was more technical and training related and moved into the manufacturing and distribution segments of screenprinting technologies. After serving as Product Manager with AutoType Americas, Breard served as Training Manager with Sericol’s Technical Department at […]
Dr. James A. Black
Dr. James A. Black developed the high-speed cylinder press at General Research in the late 1940s. He patented his unique vacuum cylinder screen printing press in June 1948. As a screenprinter, Black recognized the need for faster, more accurate production of decals and designed the original General Cylinder Press to meet these demands. Over the […]
Neil Bolding
Neil Bolding – Has been involved in the printing industry for over 30 years. Twenty-seven of those with Autotype and now MacDermid Autotype. He has a Bachelor’s degree from London University in Chemistry and an MBA from Roosevelt University, Chicago. Neil has experience in production, and QC functions at Autotype International in England. For the […]
Frank Blanco, Jr.
Frank Blanco, Jr entered the screen printing field in 1971 as a chemist for Colonial Printing Ink Company, now part of Coates Screen. Before working in the screen printing industry, Frank worked as a lab technician for Interchemical Corporation, as a chemist for American Litho Varnish Company, and as Olivetti Underwood. Currently, Frank works for […]
G. William (Bill) Hood
G. William (Bill) Hood (born 12 Oct 1945) – Hood entered the screenprinting technologies almost at birth, having been born to the late Tom Hood, a screenprinter in the Dallas, Texas, area. He worked in the family screenprinting business until entering the military during the Vietnam Conflict in 1961. Hood first served as a Cryptologist, […]
Roy Baxley
Roy Spurgeon Baxley, (Nov 7, 1921 – Mar 1, 2014). Roy was born in San Antonio, Texas to Clarence and Annabelle Baxley. His parents moved to Dallas when Roy was still a toddler, and he grew up in the East Dallas area then known as Pleasant Grove. He graduated from Pleasant Grove High School, later […]
Geoff Baxter
Geoff Baxter is manager of M&R’s Digital Division. Baxter previously served as President and co-founder of Atlantic Screen Supply, Inc. His 30-year industry career includes management positions with Logo-7, Harlequin Nature Graphics, Advance Process Supply Co., and Precision Screen Machines. He is currently employed by M&R Print and Sales, a world leader in screenprinting machinery. […]
Ernie Allen
Founder of Melco Embroidery Equipment, which is now MelcoUSA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saurer Limited, the world’s largest textile machine manufacturer with 150 years of expertise, based in Switzerland. Melco is the embroidery industry leader in modular commercial embroidery machines and commercial embroidery machine design software. Since 1972, Melco Embroidery Systems has been the industry […]
Ryan Moor
Ryan Moor – (b. 1981) – CEO of Ryonet and SilkScreenSupplies.com online. Moor is perhaps the youngest person to start his own multi-million screenprint supply business. Starting in May 2004, the company reached monthly sales of $50,000 per month by the end of the first year. By the end of the following year, sales were […]
Mike Young
Mike Young – A specialist in high-definition graphic and high-performance industrial screenprinting for 40+ years. Applications include graphic arts, large format graphics, 4 color process, graphic overlays, membranes, OEM labels/decals, electroluminescence, CDs, nameplates, dial/gauges touchscreens, force sensors, ceramic transfers, rigid & flexible printed circuits, and flat glass (automotive, appliance, gaming, furniture & architectural). Young has […]