Best known for his interior design work on the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia.
Was the author of 37 books, including Kiss The Hibiscus Good Night, The Decorator, Mr. Color: The Greenbrier & Other Decorating Adventures, and a tribute book to Dorothy Draper.
Was the interior decorator at Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel in Michigan and the vice presidential residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Was the White House design consultant during the Jimmy Carter administration.
He graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio, and received a master's degree in education from New York University.