Tom Pannell
Birth Date: 1933
Death Date: 2003
Tom Pannell 1933-2003
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 & Design until 1986.
He was Director of The Glasgow School of Art from 1986-1989.