Draft:Minnie Negoro

Minnie Negoro (27 April, 1919 - 1 May, 1998) was a prominent Japanese-American ceramic artist and professor. During her professional career from 1945 to 1989 Negoro worked at a number of institutions as a ceramics researcher and potter. After receiving her Masters in Fine Arts in 1954 she went on to instruct at several universities, most notably the University of Connecticut, where she taught for 24 years from 1965 to 1989.