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From 1951 he began making contributions to the Croatian emigrant journal ''[[Hrvatska revija]]'', which would later publish his memoirs.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Prančević|first1=Dalibor|year=2008|title=Imaginarni razgovori Ivana Meštrovića|journal=Kvartal|volume=5|issue=1|pages=34–37}}</ref> He was awarded the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]' [[American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals|Gold Medal]] for sculpture in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.syr.edu/exhibits/mestrovic.html|title=Ivan Mestrovic's Legacy at SU|publisher=Archives.syr.edu|access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] personally presided over the 1954 ceremony granting Meštrović American citizenship. He went on to become a professor at the [[University of Notre Dame]] in 1955.<ref name="chicagotribune1"/>
At the end of January 1951 Meštrović joined the American campaign for the release of Archbishop Stepinac from prison.
===Later years ===
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In 1960 he suffered a minor stroke which affected his eyesight. In 1961, his memoir, ''Uspomene na političke ljude i događaje'' (Reminiscences of Political People and Events), was published by the Croatian emigrant publishing house ''[[Hrvatska revija]]'' (''Croatian Review'') in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina. In 1969, they were published by ''[[Matica hrvatska]]'' in [[Zagreb]].
After creating four clay sculptures to memorialize his children, Meštrović died in early 1962, aged 79, in [[South Bend, Indiana]]. His funeral mass was celebrated by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Šibenik|bishops of Šibenik]], Josip Arnerić, and [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska|bishop of Split-Makarska]] Frane Franić.{{sfn|
His son, Mate, is a Croatian-American diplomat, university professor and editor at [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]], who served as a lieutenant in the US Army PsyWar.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} Later, he served as president of the Croatian National Congress and lobbied on behalf of Croatian self-determination in [[Washington, D.C.]], Western Europe and Australia, and was a deputy in the [[Croatian Parliament]], a member of Croatia's delegation to the [[Council of Europe]], and the [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]]. He also served as an ambassador in the Foreign Ministry.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
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* Goode, James M. (1974). ''The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D. C.'', Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
* G. Bozidar/N. Gattin (1987) Ivan Meštrović, Zagreb
* {{cite journal |last1= Josipović|first1= Slađana|year= 2007|title= Politizacija pokopa Ivana Meštrovića|journal= Journal of Contemporary History |volume= 39|issue= 2|pages= 319–338
* Kečkemet, Duško. (1970). ''Ivan Meštrović. The Only Way To Be An Artist Is To Work'', Spektar, Zagreb.
* Kraševac, Irena. (2002). ''Ivan Meštrović i secesija Beć-Muenchen-Prag 1900-1910'', [[Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts|HAZU]], Zagreb.
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