Life Summary - Grant Stanley Featherston - Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Featherston, Grant Stanley (1922–1995)

Featherston, Grant Stanley (1922–1995)
Born	17 October, 1922 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Died	9 October, 1995 (aged 72) Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	mesothelioma
Related Entries	[View as tree] Boyd, Robin Gerard (colleague) James, Richard Haughton (related entry) Guertner, Beryl Annie Blanche (related entry)
Occupation *	soldier (1941-1943) Victoria, Australia furniture designer (1947-1995) Victoria, Australia industrial designer (1947-1995) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Awards	DIA Design Hall of Fame (inductee, 1996)
Key Events *	Olympic Games (Melbourne, 1956) (civic committee member)
Key Organisations *	Design Institute of Australia (Vic) (member, 1947) Design Institute of Australia (Vic) (president, 1966-1969) National Gallery of Victoria (designer, 1967-1968) Design Institute of Australia (federal) (life fellow, 1983-1995)
Workplaces *	Oliver-Davey Glass Co Pty Ltd (employee, 1927-1939) Newton & Gray Pty Ltd (employee, 1939) Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (employee, 1944-1945) Featherston Contract Interiors (owner, 1956)

* Dates are approximate