Oliver LaGrone, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetOliver LaGrone
American artist and poet
Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1906
Date of Death: 15-Oct-1995
Profession: sculptor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Oliver LaGrone
- Oliver LaGrone (December 9, 1906 – October 15, 1995) was an African-American sculptor, poet, educator, and humanitarian.
- In 1974 a post-secondary scholarship was created in his name, enlarged and refocused in 1991 for graduates of the public high school of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. LaGrone's sculptures can be seen at three campuses of The Pennsylvania State University (Harrisburg, State College, Worthington-Scranton), The State Museum of Pennsylvania, at the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, the Schomberg Center of New York City, the Albuquerque Museum, and at Albuquerque's Richardson Pavilion of the New Mexico Hospitals.
- Other of his sculptures are held privately.
- His collected poetry is held by the Special Collections Library of The Pennsylvania State University as well as by numerous other academic libraries and private collections.
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