Ned Brown Tieche II, born, February 28, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, to his parents, Ned (senior) and Ann Toth Tieche, passed away peacefully, July 31, 2020, in the company of his children.
Not much of an epitaph, unless you consider the full measure of the man. Not only a patriot and a U.S. Army Veteran, Ned was a true Renaissance man. A gifted designer, artist, and art director; it was a full scholarship from the Minneapolis College of Arts and Design [MCAD], that lured him to Minnesota, and becoming a key player on the Minneapolis advertising scene .
After graduating from MCAD, Ned worked at Campbell-Mithun - one of the nation’s largest ad agencies - where he plied his talents to such accounts as Hamm’s Beer, Northwest Airlines, and too many others to note.
But, his real dream was to 'strike out' on his own. He founded The Ned Tieche Company, which grew to become Designed Marketing; working with such clients as Dayton’s, Target, Watkins, Silverline, Crestliner and Lund Boats, as well woking as a consultant to long-time international business icon, Irwin Jacobs. Later in life, Ned headed the highly successful CLX; an agency within the agency at Carmichael Lynch.
All that would seem be enough to fill many lifetimes, but for Ned, those were just the talking-points. His passions ran far deeper than business. And those were satisfied when Ned was offered, and accepted, a teaching position at St. Paul’s School of Associated Arts, where he mentored many of the finest young students in the country, molded their skills and turned them into highly sought-after professionals.
Still, Ned’s first love, the love of his lifetime, really, was the ‘rough-and-tumble sport of Rugby. Not only did Ned participate as a founding member and player with the Minneapolis Old Boys (part of the Metro RFC, now called Metropolis RFC, a semi-pro team that represented the Twin Cities, across the nation and internationally, with matches in New Zealand, Australia, and in Europe. With rugby in his blood, Ned was president of Hopkins Royals RFC; where he helped start and nurture it, seeing it grow into a the powerhouse it is today.
This is no where near the sum total of Ned Brown Tieche II.
He is survived by his beloved children: daughters, Tiffany Tieche and Stacy Tieche, sons Scott Tieche and Ned B Tieche III, former wife Mary Ellen Tieche, along with his brother Tom O. Tieche, nephew Tom Tieche, niece Kristin Tieche, and numerous cousins throughout the country.
Not much of an epitaph, unless you consider the full measure of the man. Not only a patriot and a U.S. Army Veteran, Ned was a true Renaissance man. A gifted designer, artist, and art director; it was a full scholarship from the Minneapolis College of Arts and Design [MCAD], that lured him to Minnesota, and becoming a key player on the Minneapolis advertising scene .
After graduating from MCAD, Ned worked at Campbell-Mithun - one of the nation’s largest ad agencies - where he plied his talents to such accounts as Hamm’s Beer, Northwest Airlines, and too many others to note.
But, his real dream was to 'strike out' on his own. He founded The Ned Tieche Company, which grew to become Designed Marketing; working with such clients as Dayton’s, Target, Watkins, Silverline, Crestliner and Lund Boats, as well woking as a consultant to long-time international business icon, Irwin Jacobs. Later in life, Ned headed the highly successful CLX; an agency within the agency at Carmichael Lynch.
All that would seem be enough to fill many lifetimes, but for Ned, those were just the talking-points. His passions ran far deeper than business. And those were satisfied when Ned was offered, and accepted, a teaching position at St. Paul’s School of Associated Arts, where he mentored many of the finest young students in the country, molded their skills and turned them into highly sought-after professionals.
Still, Ned’s first love, the love of his lifetime, really, was the ‘rough-and-tumble sport of Rugby. Not only did Ned participate as a founding member and player with the Minneapolis Old Boys (part of the Metro RFC, now called Metropolis RFC, a semi-pro team that represented the Twin Cities, across the nation and internationally, with matches in New Zealand, Australia, and in Europe. With rugby in his blood, Ned was president of Hopkins Royals RFC; where he helped start and nurture it, seeing it grow into a the powerhouse it is today.
This is no where near the sum total of Ned Brown Tieche II.
He is survived by his beloved children: daughters, Tiffany Tieche and Stacy Tieche, sons Scott Tieche and Ned B Tieche III, former wife Mary Ellen Tieche, along with his brother Tom O. Tieche, nephew Tom Tieche, niece Kristin Tieche, and numerous cousins throughout the country.