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Invitational two year exhibition, Skokie North Shore Sculpture Park, Skokie, Illinois. November 2000-02. "Equation", bronze & stainless steel, 10' 6".

Juried/invitational Exhibition, "Pier Walk 2000", Navy pier, Chicago, Illinois May 6 - Oct 28. "Equation", bronze & stainless steel, 10' 6", Completed, Spring 2000.

Invitational semi permanent installation, Wandell Sculpture Garden, Meadowbrook Park, Urbana IL. "Marker", 10', bronze & stainless steel.

Juried/invitational Exhibition, "Pier Walk 98", Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, May 6 through October 18. "Marker", 10', bronze and stainless steel.

The production of "Marker" was funded by a grant from the UIUC Campus Research Board. An Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, the additional honor was given with this comment: "The board selects projects of special distinction, special promise, or special resource value to be named Arnold O. Beckman Awards."

Juried/invitational Exhibition, "Pier Walk 97", Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, May 7 through October 20, 1997 "Portrait", 7', bronze and stainless steel.

Invitational group exhibition; Chetwynd Stapylton Gallery, Portland, Oregon, September 30 through November 17. Two Works Exhibited: "Anne, seated , looking to the left" and "Anne Reclining", bronze, 2/5 life size.

Commission, bronze relief sculpture "Portrait of William Wallace Grainger". 38" diameter, Grainger Library Building, UIUC campus

Commissioned by the Capital Development Board, Art in Architecture Program, State of Illinois to create a new piece of sculpture for the new Chemistry and Life Sciences Lab, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign."Raptor 6" or "It's Unlikely", a unique cast and fabricated bronze sculpture 62" high by 72" wide by 56 ", deep took three years to complete and was installed at the on September 28, 1997.

Commissioned (in 1991) by Northern Illinois University to create a 30% over life size "Bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." for the "King Commons" area of the NIU-DeKalb campus. Completed and installed December 15, 1992. Dedicated on September17, 1993.

Installation of "The Illinois Workers Memorial" on the northeast corner of the Illinois State Capitol Grounds, April 24, followed by the dedication ceremonies April 28 (see below).

The installation of "Raptor 5" at North Point Marina, Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, in August was followed by a dedication ceremony in October 1992 (see below).

Commissioned by Beckman Instruments, Fullerton, California, to produce a 50% over-life-size "Portrait Bust of Arnold O. Beckman". This bust of their founder was completed by and delivered on March 1, 1991.

Commissioned by the Illinois Federation of Labor and the Chicago Federation of labor to create "The Illinois Workers Memorial". Work on the 11' high by 10' 10 1/2" long by 6' wide bronze and granite monument which includes three 50% over life size figures was completed early in April, 1992 (see above).

Commissioned by the California Institute of Technology to create a "Portrait of Dr. and Mrs. Arnold O. Beckman" for the entry lobby of the new Beckman Institute at Cal Tech, Pasadena. Commissioned in May, 1989, the sculpture was completed, cast, delivered and installed in time for the October 26,1989 dedication of the building.

Commissioned (in 1987) by the University of Illinois to create a life size bronze "Portrait of Arnold O. Beckman" for the south entrance rotunda of the Beckman Institute of Science and Technology on the UIUC campus. The life size full figure sculpture was dedicated October 8, 1988 at the annual meeting of the University of Illinois Foundation and installed in December 1988.

Design and execution of a "Portrait of William L. Everett" as well as supervision of three bronze plaques opposite the south entrance of the Everett Lab, UIUC. Redication, April 11, 1989. Donated by the artist.

Commissioned by the Capital Development Board, Art in Architecture Program, State of Illinois to create a unique new piece of sculpture for the State of Illinois Building, Chicago. "Raptor 4", bronze, 84" high including base was completed in February, 1989 and installed on August 11 of that year.

Commissioned by St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church, Champaign, Illinoisto produce a unique "Crucifix" to be mounted on the 24' high curved east wall. The cast bronze and laminated maple sculpture was installed April 13, 1987.

Exhibition: Design Proposals for Major Works, The Illinois Art-in-Architecture (% for the Arts) Program. February 23 through March 30, Illinois State Museum, Springfield. "Maquette for Raptor 3" exhibited.

Installation of "Raptor 3", a work commissioned by the Illinois Art-in-Architecture Program, in the Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building, south campus, UIUC. The dedication took place July 11, 1984.