Education
1962
B.S., Art Education, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
1966 Master of Education, Art Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1978 Master of Arts, Sculpture, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Selected Awards and Honors
Environmental Award of Excellence, Alcoa, Pittsburgh, PA
First Place Sculpture Award, Bruce Museum, Greenwhich, CT
Recipient of the Edinboro University Art Alumni Award
Outstanding Art Educators Award, Pennsylvania Art Education Association, Harrisburg, PA
Juror, "Excellence 87" National Sculpture Show, Dallas, TX
Sculpture Award, Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibit, The Higbee Co., Cleveland, OH
Juror, "The Erie Summer Festival of the Arts", Erie, PA
Alcoa Purchased work which was presented to Pittsburgh Ballet for Auction, Pittsburgh, PA
Juror, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
Juror's Award, Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, Juror: Duane Hatchet
Alcoa Foundation Award, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Artist in Industry (four month program), R.D. Werner Co., Greenville, PA

Selected Commissions
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Tracewell Enclosures Inc., Columbus, OH
Reserve Iron and Metals, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Alcoa Foundation for Plaza at Courthouse Square, Greensburg, PA
Manufacturing Data Systems, Ann Arbor, MI
First National Bank of Pennsylvania, Erie, PA
Alcoa Foundation Allegheny Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Jennings Petroleum Co., Flint, MI
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
Aluminum Association of America, Designed Award for Olin Stephens, Designer of "Courageous 1974", America's Cup Winner, New York, NY
Development Dimensions International, Pittsburgh, PA
Soffer Organizations, Penn Center West, Pittsburgh, PA
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA

Work in publications
The Guild, Public Art and Sculpture, Kraus Sikes, Inc. Madison, WI, 1994-2004
Art in Embassies: Twenty-Five Years at the U.S. Department of State, Douglas McCreary Greenwood, Published by Friend of Art and Preservation in Embassies, Washington, D.C., 1989
Sculpture: Technique, Form, Content, Arthur Williams, Davis Publications, Inc., Worcester, MA, 1989
New York Art Review, Les Krantz, editor, MacMillan Publishing Co., NY, 1988
Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture, Marilyn Evert, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983
The Permanent Collection: The Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Paul Chew, Charles M. Henry Printing Co., Greensburg, PA, 1978

Movie
Street Life Productions, rented 15 sculptures for the 2-hour television movie for ABC, "The Bride in Black", June 25-July 3, 1990

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