Strother MacMinn

Strother MacMinn (1918 – January 19, 1998) was an American car designer, author, and educator.

While noted for his contributions to Road & Track, Motor Trend, and Automobile Quarterly and for helping found Toyota's Calty Design Research studio in California, MacMinn was widely known for an automotive design teaching career at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design that spanned fifty years — noted students include J Mays, Chris Bangle and Wayne Cherry.

[2] Growing up in Pasadena, MacMinn befriended Frank Hershey, who worked for Murphy Body Company.

When Frank moved on to work for GM, he helped MacMinn get his first job at the age of 17 in the Buick studio at General Motors Art and Color Section.

[6] MacMinn wrote for publications such as Road & Track, Motor Trend, Automobile Quarterly, and Sports Car International, and for museum catalogs.