Bronze Jayhawk
by Catherine Sherman
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Bronze Jayhawk
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Catherine Sherman
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Photograph - Photography
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"Bronze Jayhawk" by Catherine Sherman.
A bronze Jayhawk, created by Eldon C. Tefft, stands in front of Strong Hall at the University of Kansas. This distinctive Jayhawk was commissioned by the Class of 1956.
The sculptor has said he was inspired by the sharp-beaked "fighting Jayhawks" that were mascots from 1929 to 1946, but the statue also has been affectionately called "the Pterodactyl."
The Jayhawk seems as if it has always stood guard in front of Strong Hall, but it has only been there since 1975.
The bronze is 4 feet 2 inches tall and weighs more than 600 pounds; it was cast at the KU foundry established by Tefft, a faculty member from 1950 to 1990. After its completion in 1958, it stood on the west side of the Kansas Union and moved to Baumgartner Drive in the early 1960s. In April 1975, at the suggestion of Chancellor Archie Dykes, it was moved from this obscure site to the front of Strong Hall on Jayhawk Boulevard. It is mounted on a granite base 4 feet 5 inches tall that is in turn mounted on an octagonal concrete base 12 feet in diameter.
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