Honorary Advisor
Founder
Clarence K.M. Lee
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Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
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| 1958 |
Attended Pomona College in Claremont, California and
the School of Art and Architecture at Yale University. Received a BFA degree and graduated
first in his design class and was the recipient of the RR Donnelly Fellowship. |
| 1959-61 |
Designer for the Lester Beall Design Group, Brookfield, Connecticut. |
| 1962-65 |
Designer with IBM in New York City. |
| 1966 |
Returns to Hawaii and es`tablishes Clarence Lee Design. |
| 1970 |
Designs interior displays for the Hawaii pavilion at Osaka world's fair. |
| 1985 |
One of 128 designers in the U.S.A. invited to participate in the Images of Survival
Peace Poster project, exhibited in Washington, D.C., Hiroshima, Japan, and Moscow. |
| 1987 |
Receives the Hawaii Advertising Federation Silver Award for outstanding contributions
to the advertising industry. |
| 1988 |
Designs interior displays for the Hawaii pavilion at Expo 88, in Brisbane, Australia.
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| 1992 |
U.S. Postal Service asks Lee to design a New Year stamp commemorating the
contributions of Chinese-Americans in the U.S.A. |
| 1993-05 |
USPS asks Lee to design New Year stamps for the next twelve years of the Chinese Lunar calendar. |
| 1998 |
The Queen Emma Gallery honors Lee with an exhibit of his work:
“Clarence Lee: A lifetime in Design.” |
Most recently, Lee has been honored as a Living Treasure in Hawaii and received the prestigious
Koa Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. |
