Rodger Allen Mack
Sculptor, educator
Born Nov. 8, 1938, Barberton (OH), U.S.; son of Theodore and Julia (Gedos); child: Theo.
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Cleveland Institute of Art (OH), 1961; Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills (MI), 1963; Academia de Belli Arti, Florence (Italy), 1963-64.
Career: art instructor, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, 1964-68; assistant prof. (art), 1968-72, associate prof., 1972-78, prof., head of sculpture, 1978 -, chairman Studio Arts Department, 1980-81, director, School of Art, 1981-91, Syracuse University (NY).
Author: 14 one person exhibits. i.a. in: Krasner Gallery, New York City, Everson Museum of the Art, Museum Diocesa de Barcelona (Spain), also in Italy, France, United Kingdom.
Honors: grants, Fulbright Foundation, 1963-64, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1968, Ford Foundation, 1977-78, New York Staate Council on the Arts, 1978-79.
Language: English.
Home: 408 S. Franklin St., Syracuse, NY 13202.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996