Breadcrumb Home Kinnick, Gable statue sculptor dies at 48 Monday, August 5, 2013 Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Iowa Facebook page http://blogs.press-citizen.com/2013/08/05/man-who-sculpted-uis-nile-kinnick-sta… Lawrence Nowlan Jr., the artist behind the University of Iowa’s two celebrated Nile Kinnick statues, a Dan Gable statue and other work on campus, died at his home in New Hampshire last week at 48.