1907
Born June 6, 1907 in South Bend (Indiana)
1928-1929
Attended the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford, England
1929-1930
Study visit in Paris at the Académie L’hote and the Académie Moderne
1942
Joined the army
1945-1946
Studies in art at the New York University
1948-1950
Residence for teaching at the Institute of Design in Chicago
1964-1968
Participation in the documenta III & IV in Kassel
1987
Elected zur Akademie der Künste, Berlin
1993
Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit I. class
1995
Receives Gold Medal for Sculpture from the American Academy
2002
George Rickey died July 17, 2002 in Saint Paul, Minnesota