Curriculum Vitae

 

Born

September 12, 1935 - Chicago, Illinois
 

Education

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, Italy
1958-60 U.S. Army
 

Fellowships, Prizes, Awards

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
 

Honorary Degrees

1972 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois
1973 Dayton Art Institute School
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
 

Professorships & Artists Residences

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 Cal Arts (formerly Chouinard Art School) Los Angeles, CA
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

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
1983-92 Board of Trustees, Ravinia Festival
1994 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 &Founder, Chicago Sculpture Society
1983-87 National Chairman, Alumni Council, School of the Art Institute
1984-88 Advisory Committee, Getty Center for Education in Arts
1984-96 Director, International Sculpture Center
1985-91 Board of Governors, School of the Art Institute
1994-97 National Board of Directors, Smithsonian Institute
1998 American Academy of Arts & Letters

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