"When I started Let There Be Neon, the craft of neon was en route to extinction… The process remains a mystery to the general public…this lack of exposure and cross-fertilization has resulted in a technology that remains more or less where it started in 1912."

"Neon is coming into it’s own. It is starting to fulfill it’s promise. In sculpture, architecture, graphics and products the creative potentials are being actively explored and realized. The better that it is being used, the more sophisticated are the demands placed on it’s potential. The public is beginning to know what neon is all about. They begin to understand that neon can write itself."

November 30, 1936

Born in New Haven, CT

1958

Earns Bachelor's Degree from Bard College

1960

Earns Master's Degree from University of Iowa

1966

"Psychedelic Celebrations" created with Jackie Cassen for Timothy Leary

1966 - 1968

Numerous light shows with Jackie Cassen for The Byrds, The Doors, The Rascals, etc.

1968

Daughter Lumiere is born

1969

Co-founder of Global Village with John Reilly

1972

Let There Be Neon opens.

1979

"Let There Be Neon" as author, book published by Harry N. Abrahms

1980

Marries Moira North (Divorced in 1988) Friends for life.

1984

"American Streamline" as editor, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold

1988

"The New Let There Be Neon" as author, book published by Harry N. Abrahms

1990

"Contemporary Neon" as author, published by Retail Reporting Corp.

1992

"Haiti-Killing the Dream" documentary film directed with Katharine Kean.

1999-2001

Theater of Light performances.

2004

Marries Raffaella Michela Trivi.

2005

Daughter Stella Fortunata Stern is born.

2006

Passes away in Cadiz, Spain