This is the working copy of the boy in what is now the Christos G. Rouses Memorial for officers lost in the line of duty, the bronze which is on John F. Kennedy Plaza, behind the library, directly in front of the police department. It features an officer with his hand on the should of a young child and features the names of Office Rouses and other fallen Lowell officers.
Mico Kaufman was a sculptor born in Romania and best known for making inaugural medals for Presidents Ford, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. A Nazi labor camp survivor, he immigrated in 1951 to the United States. He lived in Tewksbury until his death in 2016. Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and Florence, he preferred working with materials like bronze, stainless steel and plastic. He worked for the Medallic Art Company and designed over 300 medals. Twelve of his final sculpture pieces are in the greater Lowell area including Homage to Women, the James McNeill Whistler Memorial, the Blessed Eugene de Mazenod, and Claude Debussy. Upon his death, pieces from his collection were donated to local libraries throughout the area.