Raymond Kaskey

Raymond Kaskey was born in 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received degrees in architecture from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Kaskey is nationally known for his classical-style sculpture and has received numerous awards, including the Henry Hering Medal from the National Sculpture Society in 1986 for Portlandia, and again in 1993 for the National Law Enforcement Memorial. Kaskey is well known for his public sculpture. He created the bronze lions for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, located just across F Street from the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Kaskey also created the bronze adornments for the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, including sculpted eagles, wreaths, garlands, and twenty-four narrative bas-reliefs.