It was at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where Stumpf, working with specialists in orthopedic and vascular medicine, conducted extensive research into ergonomics, specifically in the way people sit. In 1974, Herman Miller commissioned him to apply his research to office seating. Two years later, the Ergon chair was introduced.\n', '

Stumpf was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father died when he was 13, and his mother, a gerontology nurse, relocated the family to Winona, Minnesota, to be near her family.\n', '

He served in the U.S. Navy and then earned a bachelor\'s in industrial design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master\'s in environmental design from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.\n', "

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