"Terry Roger Adkins" was an American artist. He was Professor of Fine Arts in the University of Pennsylvania School of Design/School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Washington, D.C..

He graduated from Fisk University with a B.S., from Illinois State University with a M.S., and from the University of Kentucky with an M.F.A.

He led the Lone Wolf Recital Corps that premiered works at Institute of Contemporary Arts/ICA London, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, New World Symphony, Miami, MoMA PS1/P.S.1 MOMA, and Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia/ICA Philadelphia.

Adkins died of heart failure at Brooklyn, New York in February 2014; he was 60 years old.

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These guys are linemen and I was a lineman. It's as much about pride as anything.

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[Volunteers formed a circle around Adkins as the veteran barked out orders in true military style.] We're going to hope for the best, ... but expect the worst.

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We're going to be dealing with alligators, cottonmouths, rattle snakes, mosquitoes and irate customers, ... This isn't going to be a picnic.

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