Theodor Seuss Geisel dies on September 24 aged 87. The Secret Art of Dr Seuss is published, providing a first glimpse into Ted Geisel’s in-depth artistic legacy beyond his children’s books. The Art of Dr Seuss project launches authorized estate editions for museum exhibition and private collections. In the USA on May 6, the 33c Cat in The Hat postage stamp was unveiled. Read Across America , the country’s largest celebration of reading, is launched on Dr Seuss’s birthday. The musical Seussical opens on Broadway. Dr Seuss National Memorial dedication, Springfield, Massachusetts. Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. US Post Office issues a Dr Seuss commemorative stamp on March 2. 100th birthday celebration – Seussentennial . Remember When Storytelling Mattered? exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art. The Art of Dr Seuss : A Retrospective and National Touring Exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, which tours to galleries and museums internationally. Named to the California Hall of Fame. Travelling Dr Seuss sculpture garden launched at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. Publication of Secrets of the Deep: The lost, forgotten and hidden works of Theodor Seuss Geisel . Life Books published 100 People Who Changed the World . Dr Seuss was singled out as a “cultural icon.” Life said of him: “Geisel entertained America’s young with his rollicking rhymes, nutty narratives, and playful but artful pictures”. They added that he did “even more than entertain. His intricately crafted reader, The Cat in the Hat , was a fanciful adventure that educates even as it enthrals.” The William J Clinton Presidential Library hosts The Art of Dr Seuss: A Retrospective Exhibition and the travelling Dr Seuss sculpture garden. Dartmouth College names its medical school in honour of Audrey and Theodor Geisel.
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