A rock painted in memory.  Photos taken September 2, 2009.

Suzy Vance writes “My father, Elbridge (Fuzzy) Vance, long-time professor in the Oberlin College mathematics department, died February 17, 2007. A Memorial was held for him in May 2007 in Oberlin.  My brothers and sister and I really don’t know who painted the rock – maybe someone who knew him who knew we were having a memorial for him that weekend.  Anyway – we don’t know who did it and we don’t know what “The Other White Meat” means… and who knows, maybe Fuzzy doesn’t even refer to our dad (that WAS what people have called him since college).  People in the photo: Trip Beynon, Doug Vance on the left – me, my sister Emily Beynon and Kathy Vance (Doug’s wife) on the right.  Missing are Peter (my brother) and Ellie (his wife).”   Thanks for the story and photo, Suzy.  Can anyone tell us for sure if the rock was a memorial to Fuzzy Vance?

Photographed May 2, 2009.

This photo was contributed by Katie Laushman who writes: This one was done for the Goldsmith family, when Peter Goldsmith, the Dean of Students, died in 2004. His son Ben and I are good friends. I believe we painted on April 23rd or 24th to honor Peter. Thank you for the photo, Katie.

The Founders’ Monument is unveiled at the Centennial Commencement on June 17,1933. President Ernest Wilkins, right, and James T. Fairchild, son of James T. Fairchild, 1833, and grandson of James H. Fairchild. The rock of gneissoid granite is from the farm of Edwin Hill, west of Berlin Hts. in Erie County, and is his gift to Oberlin College. The plaque reads:

“In Memory of

John J. Shipherd

Philo P. Stewart

Dedicated June 17, 1933″

Photo and information found at the Oberlin College Archives, Oberlin, Ohio.

Kurt Vonnegut memorial

This photo is of the Shipherd/Stewart memorial. It was taken in mid-April of 2007. See www.vonnegut.com for more information and artwork. Hopefully someone has a better photo of this rock painting and will send it to us.