The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 8, February 22, 2004, Article 5

ARTICLE ON B.E.P. ENGRAVERS

  Newsday published an article based on an interview with
  Jack Ruther, one of four engravers at the Bureau of Engraving
  and Printing in Washington, D.C.  The article is oriented
  toward students learning about careers, and is titled
  "A Job Where You Make Lots of Money."

  "I said I was going to try it for a year and that was 35 years
  ago," said Ruther, who is a banknote designer at the U.S.
  Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where money is designed.
  He also worked on the last redesign of the $20 bill in 1996
  and has designed 11 U.S. postage stamps.

  Behind locked metal turnstiles and security gates,  Ruther
  works on a computer to create new currency designs and
  modify existing ones. Always interested in art, he spent four
  years at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C.
  and from there was accepted to an apprenticeship program
  at the bureau. The seven-year program pairs an apprentice
  with a teacher, called a journeyman."

  To read the full article, see BEP Engravers

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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