Re: A Woman's place....
Posted by RogerDetroit On 2013/11/5 23:42:21
Hello Guys:
You are talking about MaryEllen (Green) Dohrs and yes, she was one of three women that spoke at the PPG during the 2013 PAC National. The following is a summary that I wrote for Motor City Packards' July/August edition of The Digest:
MaryEllen Dohrs was our final speaker at the PPG Picnic. Born and raised in California she earned a degree in Industrial Design from the Pratt Institute in New York City. Immediately upon graduation in 1950 she came to Detroit to work in General Motors Styling. She was too young to sign her employment contract and the company had to get her mother's written permission to work there. One of her jobs was to design interiors for show cars and special cars for dignitaries. She designed the interior a black Cadillac convertible for Hopalong Cassidy. Later she moved onto Sundberg-Ferar as an Industrial Designer where she did contract work with multiple clients such as IBM, Samsonite, Coldspot, Kenmore, and Packard.
When she was at Sundburg-Ferar, she was asked by Dick Teague to design a better seat for the 1955 Caribbeans and 400s - she came up with the "Posture-Perfect" seat. And the rest is history. She lives in Florida in the winter and spends the summer in Royal Oak, MI. MCP made her an honorary member of our region.
The reason Let The Ride Decide included a photo of MaryEllen with the Buick LeSabre is that in 1951 (when she was in GM Styling) she modeled with the car for a magazine shoot. So, when group toured the GM Heritage Collection we arranged for her to be re-introduced with the LeSabre. I thought it was very cool.
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You are talking about MaryEllen (Green) Dohrs and yes, she was one of three women that spoke at the PPG during the 2013 PAC National. The following is a summary that I wrote for Motor City Packards' July/August edition of The Digest:
MaryEllen Dohrs was our final speaker at the PPG Picnic. Born and raised in California she earned a degree in Industrial Design from the Pratt Institute in New York City. Immediately upon graduation in 1950 she came to Detroit to work in General Motors Styling. She was too young to sign her employment contract and the company had to get her mother's written permission to work there. One of her jobs was to design interiors for show cars and special cars for dignitaries. She designed the interior a black Cadillac convertible for Hopalong Cassidy. Later she moved onto Sundberg-Ferar as an Industrial Designer where she did contract work with multiple clients such as IBM, Samsonite, Coldspot, Kenmore, and Packard.
When she was at Sundburg-Ferar, she was asked by Dick Teague to design a better seat for the 1955 Caribbeans and 400s - she came up with the "Posture-Perfect" seat. And the rest is history. She lives in Florida in the winter and spends the summer in Royal Oak, MI. MCP made her an honorary member of our region.
The reason Let The Ride Decide included a photo of MaryEllen with the Buick LeSabre is that in 1951 (when she was in GM Styling) she modeled with the car for a magazine shoot. So, when group toured the GM Heritage Collection we arranged for her to be re-introduced with the LeSabre. I thought it was very cool.
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