12 Facts About Mark Hampton

Mark Hampton was born in Indianapolis and raised in Plainfield, Indiana by his parents, Mark Hampton Sr.

Mark Hampton credited his success to making an early career choice.

Mark Hampton graduated from DePauw University, and while there, he studied at the London School of Economics as an exchange student for one semester.

Mark Hampton studied law at the University of Michigan but left after one year to study at the University of Michigan's School of Fine Arts, Mark Hampton then moved to New York to attend the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

Mark Hampton worked part-time, while at NYU, for the interior designer Sister Parish, and then for several years managed Hicks's New York office.

Mark Hampton opened his own firm, Mark Hampton LLC, in 1976, and during the course of his career, designed the interiors of numerous residences, offices, hotels, private clubs, railroad cars, airplanes, and boats.

Mark Hampton did interior design work for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and designed the White House Christmas decorations in 1977 for President Jimmy Carter.

Mark Hampton produced fabric designs for Kravet and a line of fabric trimmings for Scalamandre.

In 1988 Mark Hampton began designing a line of furniture for the Hickory Chair company, which produced 250 reproduction furniture styles designed by Mark Hampton at the time of his death.

Mark Hampton was a member and trustee of the American Academy in Rome.

Mark Hampton was a member of the American Society of Interior Designers and a member of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.

Mark Hampton was socially gifted and a thoughtful friend who created watercolor sketches for those he cared about.