| Curriculum Vitae | |
| Born |
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| September 12, 1935 - Chicago, Illinois | |
| Education |
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| Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois | |
| University of Illinois, Chicago | |
| University of Chicago | |
| 1957 | B.A.E., School of the Art Institute of
Chicago Awarded James Nelson Raymond Foreign Travel Fellowship |
| 1957-58 | Travel and study in England, France, Spain and Italy |
| 1958-60 | U.S. Army |
| Fellowships, Prizes, Awards |
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| 1956 | Logan Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1961-62 | Logan Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1957 | Palmer Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1962 | Campana Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1962-63 | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 1965 | Tamarind Artists Fellowship, Ford Foundation |
| 1970 | Cassandra Foundation Fellowship |
| 1993 | Lincoln Academy of Illinois |
| 1998 | American Academy of Arts and Letters, Elected to Membership |
| 1999 | National Academy of Design, Elected to Membership |
| 2003 | Watrous Prize, National Academy of Design |
| 2005 | Hoffman Prize, National Academy of Design |
| 2009 | Dunwiddie Prize, National Academy of Design |
| 2009 | Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center |
| 2010 | Legacy Award, United Negro College Fund |
| Honorary Degrees |
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| 1972 | Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois |
| 1973 | Dayton Art Institute School, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1976 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 1977 | Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois |
| 1979 | Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado |
| 1982 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1984 | Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois |
| 1986 | Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois |
| 1987 | Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1991 | Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts |
| 1996 | Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1997 | Governors State University, Park Forest, Illinois |
| 2004 | North Carolina A & T University, Greensboro, North Carolina |
| 2007 | University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Professorships & Artists Residences |
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| 1960-61 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1960-62 | University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1964 | Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut |
| 1964 | CalArts (formerly Chouinard Art School), Los Angeles, California |
| 1965 | Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana |
| 1968 | Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois |
| 1968-69 | Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois |
| 1969 | Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
| 1969 | Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois |
| 1970 | Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois |
| 1975 | University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana |
| 1977 | University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia |
| 1977-78 | Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1980 | The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona |
| 1982 | Utah State University, Logan Utah |
| 1985 | Cornell University, Ithaca, New York |
| 1988 | Eastern Michigan University, Yipsilanti, Michigan |
| 1989-90 | Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 1990 | Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| 1990 | State University of New York, Binghamton, New York |
| 1997 | Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan |
| Professional & Cultural Activities |
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| 1968-74 | National Council on the Arts |
| 1970-75 | Illinois Arts Council |
| 1972-76 | Board of Directors, College Art Association |
| 1974-97 | Board of Directors, American Council for the Arts |
| 1974-81 | Board of Trustees, Ravinia Festival |
| 1975-79 | Board of Trustees, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago |
| 1977-97 | Visiting Committee on the Visual Arts, University of Chicago |
| 1978-79 | International Exhibitions Committee, USIA |
| 1978-83 | Yale University Council, Committee on Art |
| 1979-84 | Board of Governors, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture |
| 1980-88 | Commissioner, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| 1980-82 | Board of Trustees, American Academy in Rome |
| 1981-89 | Board of Trustees, The Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago |
| 1982-88 | President and Founder, Chicago Sculpture Society |
| 1983-92 | Board of Trustees, Ravinia Festival |
| 1983-87 | National Chairman, Alumni Council, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1984-88 | Advisory Committee, Getty Center for Education in the Arts |
| 1984-96 | Director, International Sculpture Center |
| 1985-91 | Board of Governors, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1994 | Board of Trustees, Ravinia Festival |
| 1994-97 | National Board of Directors, Smithsonian Institute |
| 1996-01 | Board of Trustees, Ravinia Festival |
| 1998 | American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 2002 | Life Trustee, Ravinia Festival |