grants & awards
National Endowment for the Arts, Craftsman Fellowship Grant, September 1978-July 1979
Michigan Council for the Arts, Creative Artist Grant, October, 1983 - October, 1984.
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Sculpture, September 1986 - September 1987
Arts Foundation of Michigan, Arts Award - Recipient 1987
Michigan Council for the Arts, Creative Artist Grant, October, 1989 - September 1990
Creative/Artists Grant, Arts Foundation of Michigan/Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, 1994
Award nominations
1984 Awards in the Visual Arts, AVA Program
1987 Professor of the Year, The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
1989 Tiffany Foundation Award, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
1989 Awards in the Visual Arts, AVA Program
1991 Awards in the Visual Arts, AVA Program
Scholarships & Recognition
National Honor Society, 1965
Southern Illinois University Student Scholarships, 1965-69
Dean's College Honor Student, Southern Illinois University, 1969
Rocco Dimarco Scholarship for the Study of the Ceramic Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Spring Semester, 1970
Student Sponsored Scholarship-Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Fall Semester, 1970
Rocco Dimarco Scholarship for the Study of the Ceramic Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Spring Semester, 1971
Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN - Honorable Mention, 1969
Flint Institute of Arts, Jury Award, 1975,1977
Detroit Institute of Art, Jury Award, 1976