1933 Born in Kansas City, Kansas on September 9
1951 Graduates Ward Catholic School, Kansas City, Kansas
(first African American male to graduate)
1953 Graduates Kansas City Junior College; joins US Air Force
1955 Jen Instructor, Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
1957 Graduates Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona,
(B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, cum laude; B57 bomber pilot, Japan)
1958 Chief of Collateral Training, Strategic Air Command, Travis Air Force
Base, CA (no longer bomber pilot)
1961 Test Pilot Training Program & Candidate for Astronaut Training, Aerospace
Research Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base (no longer Chief of Collateral
Training, Edwards Air Force Base)
1962 Appointed to the Astronaut Training School; graduates Aerospace Research
Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base; receives National Preparedness
Award; Los Angeles Urban League Astronaut Selection Board
recommends him to NASA
1963 Assigned to Bomber Operations, deputy for flight test, Aeronautical Systems
Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
1966 Resigns from US Air Force Service
(no longer and employee at Wright Patterson AFB)
1966-68 IBM Corp
1968-74 Aviation Consultant for DAC Corp, Dallas, TX
Restaurant Chain - Rib Cage International
Dwight Development Associates - Real Estate/Land/Construction
1974-78 MFA Program University of Denver, CO (Sculpture)
1978 Hell Bent to create an art career
1980 1. Sculptor & Owner, Ed Dwight Studios Inc., Denver, CO
2. Mr. Frederick Douglas, commissioned by the National Park Service
1982 Hank Aaron, commissioned by the Atlanta Braves
1987 Arizona State University, Honorary L.H.D
1994 Battle Creek Underground Memorial, commissioned by the W.K. Kellog
1999 Alex Haley | Kunte Kinte Memorial
2001 1. African American History Monument, commissioned by the State of S.C.
2. International Underground Railroad Memorial, commissioned by the
Detroit 300 Inc. (located in Detroit, MI & Windsor, Canada)
2002 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at City Park Denver, commissioned by
2004 Chicago Blues District, commissioned by the City of Chicago
2006 Dr. Martin Luther King at Anne Arundel Community College
2007 1. The Soldiers Memorial, Campus Main of Lincoln University
2. Dr. King at Hermann Park, commissioned by the City of Houston
2010 1. John Hope Franklin Memorial, Tower of Reconciliation, Tulsa, OK
2. Inauguration of Hope, commissioned by Doug Morton and Marilyn Brown
3. United House of Prayer for all People, commissioned by the Church
4. Rosa Parks Memorial in Grand Rapids MI
2011 Dr. and Mrs. King Memorial along the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial HW
