Born 26 June 1906 in Sebring, Ohio. Father: Warren G. Shreckengost, potter. Mother: Ada Noulton Schreckengost. Brothers: Don and Paul, designers, potters; uncles, potters.

Education

1912-1920—Lincoln Elementary School, Sebring, Ohio

1920-1924—McKinley High School, Sebring, Ohio

1925-1929—Cleveland Institute of Art, diploma. Major in design, Julius Mihalik; minor in ceramics, R. Guy Cowan and Arthur Baggs; Henry G. Keller, Paul B. Travis, Frank Wilcox, drawing; Dr. Wyngate Todd, special classes in anatomy, Western Reserve University; Otto F. Ege, calligraphy.

1929-1930—Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna. Postgraduate study, certificate of completion. Michael Powolny, ceramics; critiques from Josef Hoffmann (Wiener Werkbund) and Franz Cizek

Travel

1930—Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland

1932—Algeria, Austria, England, France, French Morocco, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Spanish Morocco

1937—Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland

Teaching Positions

1930- Professor, Cleveland Institute of Art

1934-1942—Western Reserve University, School of Education, Design and Theater Design

1936-1976—Chair, Industrial Design Department, Cleveland Institute of Art

1991—Named Lindseth Professor, Cleveland Institute of Art

2000—Viktor Schreckengost Teaching Award inaugurated

Publications

Encyclopedia of the Arts, Ceramic section. (New York: Runes & Scrickel, 1946).

Numerous articles for trade magazines and other trade publications

World's Fairs

1933-1934—Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago

1937—Paris International Exposition

1939-1940—New York World’s Fair

1939-1940—San Francisco World’s Fair