Elmer Adler

Elmer Adler (July 22, 1884 – January 11, 1962) was a book designer, collector, and graphic design educator.

Biography Adler began collecting books and prints while working at his family's clothing firm in Rochester, New York. Since Adler was 14, he was collecting beautiful and unusual books, He was not a successful student and was asked to forth his school. His father put him to work in his family business, L. Adler, Bros & Co. Alder was a salesman and later got promoted to an advertising manager. He retired from Princeton in 1952. In 1955, he established an art-of-the-book program, La Casa del Libro, in Puerto Rico. La Casa del Libro opened in 1956. In 1947, he received the AIGA Medal.

He died January 11, 1962.