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Pannell, Thomas
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1933-2003
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Tom Pannell was Director of The Glasgow School of Art from 1986-1989.
Born in Romford, the son of a photographic technician, he studied illustration then textiles at the Royal College of Art. Following a period working as a textiles designer for the Borders firm Reid and Taylor in the early 1960's, he became Head of Fashion/Textiles at Nottingham College of Art and Design in 1965. In 1973 he was appointed Principal of the London College of Fashion and in 1978 became Head of Central School of Art, London.
Well liked and a true gentleman, he strengthened the GSAs links with the local Trades Houses and the City’s design industries and was also an active figure in the development of the Royal Society of Arts programmes north of the border. He died in 2003 following an accident at his home in Somerset.
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Glasgow Herald, 25 July 2003 (Obituary by Dugald Cameron)