Ben: That is excellent news, thanks again.
Jon S. On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Ben Udell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Jon. In response to your question: > > *"The Peirce Foundation reported about 3 months ago that we raised > $16,615; it’s likely gone up some since then. I will share any updates. > We’re very encouraged by the great response." — Rosa Mayorga* > > Best, Ben > > On 8/2/2018 2:45 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt wrote: > > Thanks, Ben (and Gary R.). Do you happen to know the status of the > fundraising effort? > > Regards, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Ben Udell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peirce-listers, > > Gary Richmond has asked me to post the photo-images below, which were > taken by John Pesavento of his work on the Peirce monument. An stone or > granite vase appears in a number of the images; I'm unsure what it is and > it's not known who put it there; Peirce's urn was placed with Juliette in > her casket and interred with her. Pesavento laid the foundation of the > planned granite monument. After this batch of photos, he straightened the > Baudin marker and poured the concrete. He took photos of that work too, > which we may be able to send in a subsequent email. > > Each photo-image was over a megabyte in size; below are shrunken > versions. Of the fourth photo-image I provide both a shrunken and a > cropped version; you can read the words on the tombstone in the cropped > version. > > Later I expect to post the original full-resolution photo-images online > where everybody can see them. > > *For more information on the monument, go to* > http://monument.peirce-foundation.org/ > > *Designer* > Céline *Poisson* (professeure, École de design, Université du Québec à > Montréal; with the collaboration of her students Charles Joron, Myriam > Peixeiro and Jessica Charbonneau) > > *Monument Committee members* > Rosa *Mayorga* (chair), Demetra *Sfendon-Mentzou*, Nathan *Houser*, Ivo > *Ibri*, Robert *Lane*, Catherine *Legg*, Kathleen *Hull*, Fernando > *Zalamea*, Giovanni *Maddalena*, André *De Tienne*, Richard *Evans*. > > *Fundraising Committee members* > Richard *Atkins*, Nathan *Houser*, Robert *Lane*, Robert *Neville*, Rossella > *Fabbrichesi*, Rosa *Mayorga*, and the members of the monument committee. > > Best, Ben > >
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