17 Facts About Glenna Goodacre

Glenna Maxey Goodacre was an American sculptor, best known for having designed the obverse of the Sacagawea dollar that entered circulation in the US in 2000, and the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, DC.

Glenna Goodacre served on the Lubbock City Council from 1956 to 1960.

Glenna Goodacre then completed studies at Colorado College and classes at the Art Students League in New York City.

Glenna Goodacre moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1983.

Glenna Goodacre's art appears in public, private, municipal and museum collections throughout the US Her bronze sculptures feature lively expression and texture.

Glenna Goodacre was selected in 1997 as sculptor for the monumental Irish Memorial in Philadelphia.

An academician of the National Academy of Design and a fellow of the National Sculpture Society, Glenna Goodacre won many awards at their exhibitions in New York.

Glenna Goodacre has received honorary doctorates from Colorado College, her alma mater, and Texas Tech University in her hometown of Lubbock.

In 2002, Glenna Goodacre's work won the James Earl Fraser Sculpture Award at the Prix De West Exhibition.

In 1997, Glenna Goodacre was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame in Lubbock.

Eleven years later, Glenna Goodacre was named the 2008 "Notable New Mexican".

Glenna Goodacre married her first husband, William Glenna Goodacre, with whom she had 2 children.

In March 2007, while in Santa Fe, Glenna Goodacre suffered a fall and head injury.

On January 18,2008, Glenna Goodacre was well enough to unveil her new sculpture "Crossing the Prairie" at the St Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe.

Glenna Goodacre was reported to have recovered very well but had lingering problems with concentration because of aphasia.

Glenna Goodacre was the mother of Tim Goodacre and 1980s model Jill Goodacre, who is married to the singer and actor Harry Connick Jr.

Glenna Goodacre died of natural causes in Santa Fe on April 13,2020, at the age of 80.