Atha Tehon Thiras (January 20, 1926 – February 15, 2012),Emily Kulkus. (2012

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. Tehon was a student at the

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School in

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in the summers of 1947 and 1948, and graduated with an MFA from the

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in 1949.

Work

Tehon served as the art director at

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for 32 years,Britton, Jason. (2002)
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''Publishers' Weekly, 249''(43) Retrieved from Academic OneFile Web. 2 Feb. 2012. retiring in 2001. A number of the books she worked on received Caldecott medals and honors including: ''

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'', '' Ashanti to Zulu'', ''Moja Means One'', and '' Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book''. She also worked as a freelance designer for

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.Obituary: Atha Tehon
" ''Publishers Weekly'' website (2012). Retrieved from web 13 June 2012.

References

External links

AIGA Design Archives: Atha Tehon credits

'Caldecott Winners' on WorldCat.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tehon, Atha 1926 births 2012 deaths AIGA medalists American graphic designers American women artists American typographers and type designers University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni 21st-century American women American women graphic designers