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Mary Ann Scherr (Mary Ann Weckman) was born on 3 August, 1921 in Akron, Ohio, U.S., is an American multidisciplinary designer. Discover Mary Ann Scherr's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

Popular As Mary Ann Weckman
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Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 3 August 1921
Birthday 3 August
Birthplace Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death 2016
Died Place Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Mary Ann Scherr's Husband?

Her husband is Samuel Scherr

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Parents Clarence Alexis Weckman (father)Loretta Gorbach (mother)
Husband Samuel Scherr
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Children 3

Mary Ann Scherr Net Worth

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1896

Her father Clarence Alexis Weckman (1896–1975) was from Ohio and of Alsace-Lorraine descent; her mother Loretta Laura (née Gorbach) Weckman (1895–1990) was from Berlin, Germany.

Her father was a self taught mechanic and inventor who invented a threading mechanism for rubber (sold to Goodrich), and her mother was a seamstress.

She began drawing at an early age.

Scherr attended Schumacher Elementary School in Akron.

She studied at Cleveland Institute of Art, University of Akron, and Kent State University.

1921

Mary Ann Scherr (née Weckman; 1921 – 2016) was an American designer, metalsmith and educator.

She was known for her jewellery design and industrial design, but she also worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, game designer, fashion and costume designer and silversmith.

Scherr was one of the first female automobile designers, working on the design for Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln.

She is known for her pioneering methods of designing with materials such as stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium.

She was born as Mary Ann Weckman on August 3, 1921 in Akron, Ohio.

1947

In May 1947, she was married to Samuel Scherr, an industrial designer and art collector who later served as director of the American Craft Council.

The couple had met in Akron and at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Together they had three children, two sons and a daughter.

After graduation she worked as an illustrator at Goodyear Aircraft Corporation.

She later worked at Ford Motor Company and the Aluminum Company of America.

She designed both the interior and exterior of cars made by Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln.

1963

In 1963, the United States Steel Company commissioned Scherr to create industrial-style stainless steel jewelry, which became a signature style.

1968

Starting in 1968 and onwards, she taught summer courses at Penland School of Crafts.

1970

In the early 1970s she began making jewelry with either self tracking or medical purposes, the early designs were called "trach necklaces", for people who had tracheotomy surgery the necklance would slip into place with a medical device and cover the surgical opening so the patient no longer felt a need to hide their neck.

She also designed a heart monitoring necklace; a bracelet that monitors the pulse rate and displays the results through a light-emitting diode; a pendant with a 10-minute supply of oxygen; a portable electrocardiograph necklace; and others.

She moved to New York City in the late 1970s.

1979

She served as the Chair of the Product Design Department at Parsons School of Design from 1979 to 1989.

1983

Scherr became an American Crafts Council (ACC) fellow in 1983.

1989

In 1989, she moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where she taught at Duke University, Meredith College, and North Carolina State University.

2016

Scherr died at the age of 94 on March 1, 2016, in her home in Raleigh.

Her jewelry and metalwork can be found in the public museum collections at Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Arts and Design, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Yale University Art Gallery, Vatican Museum of Art, and others.

2020

In 2020, Scherr had her first retrospective exhibition, All is Possible: Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy in Metal, curated by Ana Estrades and held at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design in Raleigh, North Carolina,