Arnold Wolf (April 30, 1927 – April 23, 2013) was an American industrial designer and principal of Arnold Wolf Associates who was responsible for a number of loudspeaker designs for his client, audio manufacturers JBL. He was its president and chief executive from 1969 to 1980.
Biography
Wolf was born on April 30, 1927, in San Francisco. His father, who was a photographer, took up employment with RKO Pictures in Los Angeles soon after he was born. His family moved to the eastern part of the US in the early 1930s, and settled in New York City. Wolf attended the Bentley School in Manhattan and The Bronx High School of Science, from which he graduated in 1943. In 1942–43, while still a student, he performed as a voice actor in a number of radio network programs. When the family moved to Los Angeles, he found employment at the RKO studio as a draftsman and sketch artist. He left RKO to enrol at Los Angeles City College but left when he was drafted into military service in the air force. Wolf was assigned to Washington, D.C., where he wrote for and was assistant producer of the Air Force Band's weekly national radio program.
After his discharge, he enrolled at UC Berkeley, where he majored in dramatic art, with a minor in historical decorative arts.
Career
After graduation, he became an instructor in theatrical arts at Saint Mary's College of California