Academic Metals Directory · entry

Robert Von Neumann

Professor of metalwork/jewelry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (last known teaching post); previously Iowa State Teachers College (now University of Northern Iowa). Author of the classic textbook "The Design and Creation of Jewelry."

last checked 2026-05-29

As archived (≈2014)

Born
1923, ?

Now (checked 2026)

Goes by
Robert Von Neumann

Current role
Professor of metalwork/jewelry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (last known teaching post); previously Iowa State Teachers College (now University of Northern Iowa). Author of the classic textbook "The Design and Creation of Jewelry."

Status
Deceased

Link
www.ganoksin.com/article/master-metalsmith-robert-von-neumann/

Training

Undergraduate	Art Institute of Chicago · ? to 1948 BFA
Graduate	University of Wisconsin · 1948 to 1950 MS

Lineage

Taught at

Boca Raton Museum of Art · 1955 to 1984University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · 1955 to 1984

Taught (in this directory)

Adam GrinovichAlan T. MetteDavid George LoganEleanor MotyFred WoellJessica L. Tolbert

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Sources

https://www.ganoksin.com/article/master-metalsmith-robert-von-neumann/https://www.galleryofwisconsinart.com/artist-works.php?artistId=439464&artist=Robert+von+Neumann+Jr.https://archive.org/details/designcreationof00vonn_0

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

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