Carleton W. Angell was an American

United States

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 sculptor. He was born in Belding, Michigan

Belding, Michigan

Belding is a city in Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,877 at the 2000 census. Belding is a small rural city surrounded almost entirely by farmland...

 and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...

. He is buried in Washtenong Memorial Gardens near the World War I Veterans Memorial, under a plaque designed by noted artist, Stanley Kellogg.

Career

Angell studied sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute and while in Chicago did some designing, and likely modeling, for the American Terra Cotta Company and the Ceramic Company. In 1922 he was hired by the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 to teach freehand drawing. In 1926 he became the Museums Artist where he created, among things, plaster models of various animals, many of them prehistoric, that were used in the museum's displays. In the course of his 30 years at the University of Michigan he also created numerous portraits and busts and plaques of U of M notables, and these can be found spread all over the university campus.

Public works

• Girl with a Cat, Bath school bombing memorial, James Couzens Memorial Auditorium, Bath Middle School, Bath, Michigan
  Bath, Michigan
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  , 1928
• Veterans Memorial, Washtenaw Memorial Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1932
• Pumas Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, 1940
• Four Chaplains
  Four Chaplains
  The Four Chaplains, also sometimes referred to as the "Immortal Chaplains," were four United States Army chaplains who gave their lives to save other civilian and military personnel during the sinking of the troop ship USAT Dorchester during World War II. They helped other soldiers board lifeboats...
  
   Memorial, Arbor Crest memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1954

Architectural sculpture

• Cartouche over main entrance, Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, Albert Kahn, architect, 1928
• Two panels, Washtenaw County
  Washtenaw County, Michigan
  Washtenaw County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 344,791. Its county seat is Ann Arbor. The United States Office of Management and Budget defines the county as part of the Detroit–Warren–Flint Combined Statistical Area...
  
   Courthouse, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ralph Gerganoff
  Ralph Gerganoff
  Ralph S Gerganoff , born Rashko Stoyan Gerganoff, also frequently referred to as R.S. GerganoffProlific American architect, born in Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria in 1887, he moved to the United States in 1907...
  
  , architect, 1956