1924
Born in Asheville, NC
1946–1948
Studied at Black Mountain College, Beria, NC
1948–1949
Studied with Ossip Zadkine, Paris, France
1949–1951
Taught at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
1952–1956
Taught at the Washington Workshop Center of the Arts, Washington, DC
1951–1960
Taught at Catholic University, Washington, DC
1977
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1985
Milton Avery Professor of the arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1995
North Carolina Award in Fine Arts
1997
Doctor of Fine Arts honorary degree from Davidson College, Davidson, NC Died in Port Clyde, Maine