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Professional Biography, and Family History
with recent additions!
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Family
History
I grew up in the small
upstate New York town of Wingdale. My parents were Delmar and Alice
Rogers, (both now deceased), and my sister Caroline Reichenberg is
currently the Town Clerk of Dover Township, in which the town of
Wingdale is included. My stepsister, Deidre Pecarina and her
husband, Lubo live in Wingdale.
I am a U.S. Navy
veteran, and hold an A.A.S. degree in Commercial Art that I earned
at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
I married Margaret Helen
Patrick, daughter of Ruth and Henry Patrick ( both now deceased),
and we have two children, Tom Jr., and Patrick.
Tom Jr. recently retired
from the U.S. Navy after 20 years, and now resides in Springfield,
OR.
Patrick married Michelle
Redlark from San Diego, CA., and they have two beautiful children,
Rylan
and
Alyssa.
Patrick
and Michelle reside in Medford, OR, where Patrick is a Sales
Representative for Nalco Chemical.
After I retired from the
U.S. Mint, Margaret and I traveled the West Coast and volunteered at
several State Parks and fish hatcheries in Oregon, Washington, and
California. In 2003, we decided that we needed to concentrate
more on our artistic work, and settled in the little Oregon high
desert town of Beatty. (4,350 ft. elevation). We share a
studio where I design and create sculpture, and Margaret works in
stained and fused glass creations. I tend to stay within the
bounds of ink and plaster, where band-aids and stitches are not so
readily needed!
Pictured below is our
studio, which was once a health and curio shop. It is
surrounded by lilacs.
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There were also a few
older outbuildings on the property. One of these I'm told, was
the original Beatty Jailhouse, and still has bars on the windows.
It was not, however, in the best location. So...with a
chainsaw, a few logs, and a little Neanderthal logic, I managed to
pull it behind my truck to it's new resting place a hundred feet
away!
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What I do for enjoyment
is also somewhat of a "Family Tradition", as my father, Delmar
Rogers had a country band, was a very accomplished musician (He won
a fiddling contest in the 30's that was judged by Lowell Thomas. The
prize was a dozen silver dollars in a red bandanna!) My sister
Caroline also plays guitar and sings. The band that I'm a part
of is called "Stone Country", and derives it's name from the rocky
makeup of the area. We are shown here at the grand opening of
the "Coyote Ridge Bar and Grill" in Bly, OR. |
Thomas D. Rogers,
Sr.
P.O. Box 232
Beatty, OR 97621
Ph: 541-533-3129
E-MAIL:
tom@tdrogers.com
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Professional Biography
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1970-1972:
Dutchess Community College--AAS degree in Commercial Art
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1972-1974:
Medallic Art Company, Danbury, Conn.--sketch artist / sculptor
I was hired as a
sketch artist, and was introduced to medallic sculpture, and
developed my technique of carving directly in the negative plaster.
During this 16-year
period, I worked at home for several different private mints across
the country, providing plaster models for medallions and plaques. I
also sculpted the portraits of inductees into the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. from 1985-1996. Over
90 of my portraits were hung there.
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1990-1991:
Medalcraft Mint, Green Bay, WI--sculptor / engraver
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1991-2001:
United States Mint, Philadelphia, PA--sculptor / engraver
As a U.S. Mint sculptor
/ engraver, I designed and sculpted Mint medals, Congressional
medals, Commemorative coins, and Circulating coins as legislated by
Congress.
The sculptor / engravers
also were responsible for maintaining the dies used for list medal
orders, and changing the dates on bullion and circulating
coins each year.
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enlarge
THOMAS D. ROGERS, SR.
UNITED STATES MINT
DESIGN AND
SCULPTURE CREDITS
All coins and medals
listed below were both designed and executed in
plaster by myself.
Not listed, are many
commemorative issue designs I executed that came from selected
outside artists.
COMMEMORATIVE COINS
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Columbus
Quincentennary $1—Reverse, 1992
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Columbus
Quincentennary $5—Reverse, 1992
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WWII 50th Anniversary
$1-Obverse & Reverse, 1993
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Vietnam Veterans
$1-Reverse, 1994
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Women in the Military
$1—Reverse, 1994
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Special Olympics
$1—Reverse, 1995
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Atlanta Olympic Games
$1—Reverse, 1996
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National Community
Service $1—Obverse, 1996
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Smithsonian
Institution 150thAnniversary $l—Obverse, 1996
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Robert F. Kennedy
$1-Obverse, 1998
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Library of Congress
$1-Obverse, 2000
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Library of Congress
Bi-metallic $10-Reverse, 2000
BULLION
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Platinum Bullion Eagle
(Uncirculated)-Reverse, 1997
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Platinum Bullion
Eagle, Proof-Reverse, 2001
MEDALS
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Bicentennial of U.S.
Mint-Reverse, 1992
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Persian Gulf
(Congressional)-Obverse, 1992
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David Ryder, Mint
Director-Obverse, 1992
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Ben
Franklin/Firefighters-Obverse, 1993
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Lloyd Bentsen,
Treasury Secretary-Obverse & Reverse, 1993
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William Clinton,
President (1st term)-0bverse, 1994
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Nelson Mandela
(Congressional)-Reverse, 1998
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Gerald & Betty Ford
(Congressional)-Obverse, 1999
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Father Theodore M.
Hesburgh/Notre Dame-Obverse & Reverse, 2000
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Whitehouse
Bicentennial (National)-Reverse, 2000
CIRCULATING COINS
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"Sacagawea" Golden
Dollar-Reverse, 2000
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Massachusetts,
Maryland, South Carolina $.25-Reverses, 2000
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Rogers also sculpted
the Reverse of the Rhode Island $.25, from a selected artist's
design.
GONE, BUT NOT
FORGOTTEN
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After I left the U.S.
Mint in January of 2001, two of my previous designs were selected
as reverses for medals for Larry Summers, Treasury Secretary and
Jay Johnson, Mint Director.
2003-present: Beatty, Oregon
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