| FEEDBACK | |
| KUDOS | |
| Just wanted to say that I got my U
of L Magazine and it looks great! Please pass on my kudos. I really enjoyed the
history of U of L and the look of the magazine. It makes me want to live in
Louisville again! Julie Dunn Crawford ’92A ’95G |
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| COMPASS ROSE MISSING | |
| When I saw the cover of the latest
U of L Magazine, I was astonished to see the photograph of the (Grawemeyer Hall) dome
did not include the compass rose which is in the skylight. Since this feature has been
present in the skylight since the building was constructed, I can only wonder what, if
any, constructive purpose was served by the photographer in deliberately falsifying the
picture in this manner. After the renovation of the building in 1977, it was realized that the upper compass rose was matched by a similar pattern set into the terrazzo finish of the ground floor. John Houchens suggested installation of a Foucault pendulum both for its own sake and as a way of interpolating between the two features. After this was completed, he learned through correspondence with the original architect that this was considered early on, but that funds were not available. It remains that the matching lower and upper compass roses were part of the original design of the interior of the building. I do not think you have done your readers good service by this unfortunate misrepresentation. Roger MillsRetired Physics Faculty Louisville, Kentucky Editor’s Note: In attempting to expose the entire interior of the dome while using the available light, the compass rose disappeared in photographer Dan Dry’s work. Dry states that he neither retouches nor alters his photographs. |
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| CONGRATS | |
| Congratulations on the new U of L
Magazine! Great improvement! Albert Robinson ’43A |
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| SOUTHERN POLICE INSTITUTE | |
| I have just finished going through
the 1798-1998 bicentennial edition of U of L Magazine, and I’m disappointed. As a
graduate of the U of L Southern Police Institute (1956, class 15), I thought there would
be more about SPI than a one-line mention. Each year dedicated law enforcement officers eagerly go to the U of L campus and experience quality training. Training that they will take back to their departments and shape the future of law enforcement throughout our nation. At the present time the City of Greensboro Police Department is proud to have 57 graduates of SPI dating from the second class (1952) to the present. Wouldn’t it have been fitting and proper to have mentioned the school, its staff, and the hundreds of law enforcement personnel who call SPI home? Ret. Major E.R. Wynn Sr. ’56SPI
SPI is a program that has had a strong impact on law enforcement in the region, and we are proud to have it at U of L. SPI and the School of Nursing were both inadvertently omitted from the Bicentennial timeline. The U of L staff regrets this oversight. |
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| OUTSTANDING ISSUE | |
| Down here in “hot” Florida,
I just received my copy of the Fall U of L Magazine. I think that it is an
outstanding issue. Retirement is working out fine for me, but I do miss all of the good people that I worked with at U of L. I am most fortunate to have had two careers that I enjoyed! Guinn Unger, Retired Medical Administrator |
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| MEMORIES OF FATHER | |
| Thank you for the Fall 1997 issue.
The front cover should commemorate . . . my father, Owen T. Deavers, Sr. I was a
child back then, attending Hikes Grade School. I do not recall who the general contractor
was on the U of L administration building . . . I do recall during our evening dinner Dad
discussing (that) he was transferred to U of L to lay out and complete the dome. He was a
construction superintendent... He also did extensive work at Churchill Downs, during the addition period. During his life he taught many of my mother’s brothers the carpentry trade, myself included. I built my first house on Cherokee Garden at age 19, right out of Male High School. My degree from U of L was in business administration, 1955. I passed the state boards in 1956 to become a PE, architectural engineer. Never attended Speed Scientific School . . . Owen T. Deavers, Jr. '55B |
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