born in 1910 Hvitträsk, Finland
died in 1961 USA

. emigrated to the United States of America in 1923 with his family.
. studied sculpture and furniture design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art where his father taught.
. had a close relationship with fellow students Charles and Ray Eames.
. beginning in September 1929, studied sculpture at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris.
. went on to study at the Yale School of Architecture and graduated in 1934.
. after graduation, toured Europe and Africa for a year and stayed in Finland for one more year, eventually returning back to Cranbrook to work with his father and teach at the academy.
. became a neutralized citizen of the U.S. in 1940.
. first received critical recognition for a chair designed together with Charles Eames for the "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition in 1940, where they received first prize.
. was recruited by an architect friend, to join the military service in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), until 1944, where he was assigned to draw illustrations for bomb assembly manuals.
. took the first prize in the 1948 competition for the design of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis.
. after his father's death in 1950, founded his own architect's office, "Eero Saarinen and Associates".
. in 1952, was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
. in 1956, designed his most known furniture, "Tulip Chair" for Knoll.
. was a winner of the AIA Gold Medal.
. died at the age of 51, while undergoing an operation for a brain tumor.
. had a son named Eames, named after his collaborator Charles Eames.



Famous Works:

Organic Chair, 1940, for Vitra
Grasshopper Chair, 1946, for Knoll Inc.
Womb Chair, 1947, for Knoll Inc.
Model No 72 Series, 1948, for Knoll Inc.
Tulip Chair, 1956, for Knoll Inc.
General Motors Technical Center, 1956 (construction year), in Michigan
The main terminal of Dulles International Airport, 1958, near Washington, D.C.
TWA Flight Center, opened in 1962 as Saarinen's original design, at JFK International Airport in New York.