Prior to becoming a cartoonist, he was a plumbing engineer whose task
it was to draw out plumbing diagrams along with a full description of
the pressure variances. This many have had a strong influence on his
"inventions" he later become famous for.
Received the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1948 Founder of
the National Cartoonist Society
Upon his death, his remains were interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York.
Sons: Thomas Reuben George, a painter, of Princeton, N.J. and George Warren George, a New York theatrical producer.
Induced into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1970.