Lila Sternglass A'54

STERNGLASS--Lila (Kronstadt) A'54, a life-long New Yorker who worked as an advertising art director from 1969-1995, passed away on January 15, 2023 of natural causes at the Cobble Hill Health Center, Brooklyn. She was 89. She was a pioneering woman in advertising, who worked with prominent designers like Seymour Chwast and Milton Glaser at Pushpin Studios and later as creative director at several Madison Avenue advertising agencies. To read her obituary, please click here.

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