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Dr. Levi J. Rowan, (sculpture). Artist:  Yostel, George, d. 1982, sculptor. Title:  Dr. Levi J. Rowan, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1948. Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 34 x 20 x 14 in.; Base: approx. 67 x 24 x 24 in. Inscription:  (On back of bust:) GEORGE YOSTEL/CINTI OHIO 1948 (On front of base:) ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/DOCTOR LEVI JOHN ROWAN/1871-1934/CLASS OF 1893/AND WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION/FOR THE GENUINE SERVICE AND/ABLE DIRECTION, WHICH HE GAVE TO/ALCORN A. & M. COLLEGE, FOR A/PERIOD TOTALING THIRTY-SIX YEARS./DURING THE LATER YEARS OF HIS/ADMINISTRATION A BUILDING/PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED AND OTHER/EDUCATIONAL EXPANSIONS INITIATED/WHICH MARKED THE BEGINNING OF/THE GREATER ALCORN./ERECTED IN 1948 BY/THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF/ALCORN A. & M. COLLEGE. (On left front of base:) DR. LEVI J. ROWAN/ELECTED ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR,1989/PROMOTED TO PROF. OF ENGLISH,/SECY. & BOOKKEEPER/ALCORN A. & M. COLLEGE/ELECTED PRESIDENT, 1905,/SERVING UNTIL 1911./RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT, 1914. SERVING/UNTIL HIS DEATH, JUNE 28, 1934/MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF EFFICIENT/SERVICE TO ALCORN COLLEGE. (On right front of base:) L. J. ROWAN/SON OF/SIDNEY AND MARTHA ROWAN./BORN, RODNEY, MISSISSIPPI,/AUGUST 7, 1871/DIED, ALCORN COLLEGE,/JUNE 28, 1934 signed Description:  A bronze portrait bust of Dr. Levi John Rowan atop a rectangular marble base. Dr. Rowan, an African American, has a moustache and wears glasses and a coat and tie. Subject:  Portrait male -- Rowan, Levi John -- Bust Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Ethnic -- African American Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Lorman Sculpture Owner:  Alcorn State University, Across from new administration building, Lorman, Mississippi 39096 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MS000049   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000049 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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