A closer view of Richard Hunt’s Monument to Black Officers and WAACs.

Honorary Degrees

1972 Lake Forest College; 1973 Dayton Art Institute; 1976 University of Michigan; 1977 Illinois State University; 1979 Colorado State University; 1982 Art Institute of Chicago; 1984 Northwestern University.

Internationally acclaimed sculptor Richard Hunt is a natural fit to honor the officer candidates of the 17th Provisional Training Regiment and WAAC at Fort Des Moines. A Chicago native and U.S. Army veteran who served on the selection committee for the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., his life is a steady stream of creative success spanning five decades. His solo exhibitions, museum collections, and public sculptures are too numerous to mention.

Awards And Fellowships

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1956, ‘61, ‘62 Logan Prize; 1957 Palmer Prize; 1962 Campana. Fellowships: 1962-63 Guggenheim Memorial; 1965 Tamarind Artist/Ford Foundation; 1970 Cassandra Foundation; 1993 Lincoln Academy of Illinois; 1998 American Academy of Arts.

Professorships And Residencies

1960-61 Art Institute of Chicago; 1961-62 University of Illinois at Chicago; 1964 Yale University; 1965 Purdue University; 1968 Northern Illinois University; 1968-69 Northwestern University; 1975 University of Indiana; 1977 University of Georgia; 1977-78 Washington University; 1980 University of Arizona; 1985 Cornell University; 1989-90 Harvard University; 1990 State University of New York.

Professional Activities

1968-74 National Council on the Arts; 1970-75 Illinois Arts Council; 1972-76 Director, College Art Association; 1975-79 Trustee, Museum of Contemporary Art; 1978-79 International Exhibitions Committee, USIA; 1978-83 Yale University Council Committee on Art; 1980-88 commissioner, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute; 1980- 82 Trustee, American Academy in Rome; 1982-88 president/founder, Chicago Sculpture Society; 1984- 88 advisory committee, Getty Center for Education.