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Virgil M. “Ex” Exner

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Virgil M. “Ex” Exner

Birth
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Death
22 Dec 1973 (aged 64)
Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Automotive designer and stylist. Worked for General Motors, Raymond Loewy (1893-1986), and Studebaker, but came into prominance working at Chrysler with the 1955 and 1956 "Forward Look" and the highly finned 1957 models. Later, he designed the Stutz BlackHawk. For a complete detail of Exner's life and work, see Peter Grist, Virgil Exner Visioneer: The Official Biography of Virgil M. Exner, Designer Extraordinaire (Dorchester, 2007), Veloce Publishing.
Automotive designer and stylist. Worked for General Motors, Raymond Loewy (1893-1986), and Studebaker, but came into prominance working at Chrysler with the 1955 and 1956 "Forward Look" and the highly finned 1957 models. Later, he designed the Stutz BlackHawk. For a complete detail of Exner's life and work, see Peter Grist, Virgil Exner Visioneer: The Official Biography of Virgil M. Exner, Designer Extraordinaire (Dorchester, 2007), Veloce Publishing.

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  • Created by: GravesScribe
  • Added: Nov 2, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22631037/virgil_m-exner: accessed ), memorial page for Virgil M. “Ex” Exner (24 Sep 1909–22 Dec 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22631037, citing Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by GravesScribe (contributor 46481285).