While it did not get any major publicity, buried in the work that the
Legislature completed yesterday was $51.5M for the Bell Museum to move
to the St Paul campus. This will not cover the total cost of the move so
there will be the need for a significant fund raising campaign. You will
be hearing more about that.
Thanks to all of you who contacted legislators and University officials
in support of this major effort. Please be sure to thank your
legislators for their work. Special thanks are due to Representative
Alice Hausman. Without her vision, political skill and tenacity, this
would not have happened.
Others deserving our thanks are President Eric Kaler and Dean Brian Buhr
of the University of Minnesota and Steve Birke, Lee Pfannmueller and the
Bell Advisory Board who were tireless in their efforts as was Bell
Director Susan Weller.
It has been a long journey but the end is in sight. I look forward to
the day when we can participate in the exhibits and educational programs
of the new Bell and start of a new tradition of having our annual MOU
Paper Session in what promises to be a spectacular facility.
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