[1] Schermer served in the United States Navy during World War II.
The paper also played a key role in the creation of a constitutional convention that produced a new state constitution.[promotion?]
In 1970 he moved to Iowa and became the chief executive officer of Lee Enterprises, a national newspaper and media company.
[3][4] In 1972 Lee Enterprises formed a joint-venture with Nippon Paint Company of Osaka, Japan and NAPP Systems, USA (now Macdermid), that manufactured printing plates in a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) facility in San Diego, CA for over 400 newspapers worldwide.
The joint venture placed the first advertising ever carried in People's Daily and other Chinese publications.
Schermer Hall on the first floor of the West Wing of the Smithsonian Castle is named after Lloyd G. and Betty A.
He was commissioned to do a type sculpture for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, entitled An America Puzzle[8] He has completed large wood type sculptures for the University of Montana School of Journalism, the University of Iowa School of Journalism in Iowa City, Iowa, the Knight Foundation Board Room in Miami, Florida, the Washington Post building, and the home of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.
[1] Type Sculpture: Live, 47 x 34.5 inches acquired by Library of Congress[10] Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC[11] The Freedom Forum's Newseum, Washington, DC University of Montana, School of Journalism, Missoula, MT[14] University of Iowa, School of Journalism, Iowa City, IA Lee Enterprises, Inc. Davenport, IA[16] The Knight Foundation, Board Room, Miami, FL[17] The Washington Post (CEO's Door), Washington, DC The Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO[6] McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, Chicago, IL[18] Media, General Corporation, Richmond, VA Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA 4 x 8-foot (2.4 m) wall sculpture Lobby of the Newseum, Washington, DC[19] The New York Times, New York, NY 2007 Tom Friedman, New York Times columnist, 2007[9] Board room of Morgan Stanley, New York, NY Board room Knight Foundation, Miami, FL[17] Donald Reynolds Foundation, Las Vegas, NV Kicking Rocks by Lloyd Schermer, 2008, Greenwich Publishing Group, hardcover ISBN 978-0944641705