Pictures
Students Joining President Ramsey and Dr. Carew under "The Thinker"
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004
People in photo:
Left to right: (back row) Mark Woolwine (U.S.), Mehdi Yazdanpanah (Iran), Kaushik Bindiganavile Nagendran (India); (front row) Audrey Villon (France), Magdalene Mlynek (Germany), Dr. Ramsey, Dr. Carew.
U.S. Student:
- Mark Woolwine - Graduate Student (College of Education), KIIS short-term program in Rome and Athens
International Students:
- Mehdi Yazdanpanah - Graduate student, Iran, (Electrical Engineering)
- Kaushik Bindiganavile Nagendran - Graduate student, India, (Mechanical Engineering)
- Audrey Villon - Undergraduate student, Montpellier (France) Year-long Student Exchange Program
- Magdalene Mlynek - Undergraduate student, Mainz (Germany) Year-long Student Exchange Program
University of Louisville Officials:
- Dr. James Ramsey
President, University of Louisville - Dr. Joy G. Carew
Associate Director, International Center
Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" presides at the front of Grawemeyer Hall. Created in Paris, the cast is believed to have been supervised by the artist himself. First displayed in the U.S. at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the bronze statue is the only known cast made from what is called the "lost-wax" method. A gift to the City of Louisville, "The Thinker" was placed in its current setting in 1949 and has become a symbol of the university.