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    		• Warren, T. Jay,
     
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    		• Johnson Atelier,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gross, Mason Welch
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Mason Gross Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Warren, T. Jay, sculptor.
    Johnson Atelier, founder.
    Title: 
    Mason Gross Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1994. Cast June-Aug. 1994. Dedicated Oct. 9, 1994.
    Medium: 
    Plaque: cast bronze; Base: brick-colored granite; Bench: polished granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Plaque: approx. 35 x 71 x 2 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 8 ft. x 16 in.
    Inscription: 
    (copyright symbol) T. Jay Warren SCULPTOR 1994 (Right side of plaque, raised:) "I can think of no words in the English language more beautiful than/the words 'a free spirit'... It must always be the ultimate aim of this/university to provide the atmosphere and the intellectual conditions/by which alone the free spirit can survive."/Inaugural Address, May 6, 1959/Dedicated to the Memory of/MASON WELCH GROSS/16th President of Rutgers/1959-1971/Professor, Scholar/Student of Philosophy, Civic Leader/Defender of Academic Freedom/Champion of the Arts/GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1968/TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR REUNION signed
    Description: 
    A plaque featuring a bas-relief bust of Mason Welch Gross. Gross has a moustache and wears a jacket, shirt, and tie. To his right on the plaque are inscriptions. The plaque is set within the shallow recess of a wall adjacent to a curved bench.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Gross, Mason Welch -- Bust
    Occupation -- Education
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick
    Relief
    Bench
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Rutgers University, Facilities Maintenance, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
    Located Rutgers University, College Avenue Campus, Milledoler Hall, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    Donated by the class of 1968 for its 25th anniversary. Funded by $35,000 in contributions from Rutgers alumni and another $16,500 from eight other graduating classes at the state university. Mason Welch Gross served as president of Rutgers university, 1959-1971, but continued to teach a class every year. IAS files contain related articles from The Sunday Star-Ledger, (Newark, NJ), Oct. 9, 1994, pg. 45.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), Oct. 10, 1994.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS NJ000116
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