ENVS 322: Urban Ecology

Plaque Wording: In Memory of Carlton J. Snow. December 26, 1939 - November 19, 2004.
Location: South end of Law School, west end of plaza, 245 Winter St. SE
Date Dedicated: December 12, 2007
Additional Notes: Carlton Snow served as Dean, Associate Dean, and Assistant Dean of the Law School, and Executive Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution. He was also a very well-liked professor who taught Contract Law, Labor Arbitration, Commercial Arbitration, and Negotiation. He was a renowned arbitrator and lecturer. He worked at WUCL from 1971-2004. Professor Snow passed away suddenly at age 64 on 11/19/04 as the result of a massive stroke suffered while teaching. (Information submitted by Mike Bennett '70 and Cathy McCann L'02 - 5/1/07)

Plaque Wording: FIRST CASE, by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. Sited by Sculpture Placement, Washington, D.C.
Location: South end of Law School, west end of plaza, 245 Winter St. SE
Date Dedicated: Unknown
Additional Notes: Dwight Lear, BA '29, JD '32, provided funds for purchase of the lifelike sculpture "First Case" by J. Seward Johnson Jr. This Sculpture was placed and dedicated 8/24/96. Dwight Lear died 10/17/98 at the age of 90. A long-time Salem lawyer, entrepreneur and loyal son of Willamette University, Dwight and his late wife, Margaret, selected and provided funds for this sculpture to be placed outside the College of Law to honor his law friends and classmates. The "envelope" in the land of the sculpted attorney, about to face his "first case," has the address of the Lear's long-time home in Salem. The sculpted "piece of paper" in the briefcase has the list of names of Dwight's law school classmates. Lear was a life-long friend of Les Sparks (for whom Sparks Athletic Center is named after) and an avide fan of WU Bearcat athletics. He was a member of the Cardinal Round Table (WU athletic booster club) since its' inception in 1956; he endowed a Chair in American (Pacific Northwest) History in the College of Liberal Arts where he also endowed several scholarship funds. He was a recipient of the Les Sparks Medallion in 1995 in recognition of his loyalty and service to Willamette, and was posthumously inducted into the WU Athletic Hall of Fame for meritorious service in 1989. (Information submitted by Mike Bennett '70 and Cathy McCann L'02 - 5/1/07) Note: The sculpture's briefcase lid was stolen some years ago.

Plaque Wording: In Memory of Robert C. Art, WUCI Professor of Law 1981 - 2004. March 23, 1948 - January 8, 2004.
Location: South end of Law School, west end of plaza 245 Winter St. SE
Date Dedicated: December 12, 2007
Additional Notes: Professor Art passed away suddenly at the age of 55 on 1/8/04 as a result of an aggressive, fast-moving virus. (Information submitted by Mike Bennett - 5/01/07)

Plaque Wording: No Plaque
Location: West side of the Harvey G. Mudd Building, 315 Winter St. WE
Date Dedicated: Unknown

Plaque Wording: No Plaque
Location: West side of the Harvey G. Mudd Building, 315 Winter St. SE
Date Dedicated: December 5, 1997

Plaque Wording: GRANITE ERRATIC Transported by floating ice from a glacier in northeastern Washington to the west Salem Hills, in the Pleistocene epoch, more than 25,000 years ago. Salem Geological Society.
Location: North side of Collins Science Building, 890 State St. SE
Date Dedicated: Unknown

Plaque Wording: Chosen by settlers of Oregon County on Feb. 1, 1842 as the original Board of Trustees of Oregon Institute, which, in 1853 by act of the Oregon Territorial Legislature became Willamette University.
Location: Between the Northeast corner of the Collins Science Center and the Northwest corner of Waller Hall.
Date Dedicated: February 1, 1972
Additional Notes: Placed by Lewis Judson to honor the original Board of Trustees to the original Oregon Institute.

Plaque Wording: Various
Location: North, East, and West sides of Waller Hall, 950 State St. SE
Date Dedicated: Various
Additional Notes: The Campus originally used wooden board walks, but as these walks were replaced, university classes helped to install the concrete, engraving their class years and class messages, (See WU archive pictures). The steps on the east side of Waller Hall were donated by the class of 1925.

Plaque Wording: Senior Class Gift. Class of 2003.
Location: East side of Collins Science Building, 890 State St. SE
Date Dedicated: May 1, 2003
Additional Notes: Bench purchased by the Class of 2003 and installed by the WU ground staff. Giverney style, by Smith and Hawkin.

Plaque Wording: In Honor of Sounding the Spirit of Willamette THE VICTORY BELL Presented by the Physical Plant and the Class of 1988. September 28, 1991.
Location: Southwest corner of Waller Hall, 950 State St. SE
Date Dedicated: September 28, 1991
Additional Notes: The Victory Bell arrived in Salem by rail in 1891 and is the second bell on Willamette's campus. The first melted in the first Waller fire. The present bell fell to the basement in the second fire and cracked. Called "The Great Roland," the bell hung for a time in Waller Hall, then its own tower at the east end of the athletic field (now the Quad) and was run at football games. The Bell was removed from Waller Hall when it was thought to be a liability to the structure of the building (Wallulah, 1980). It was rededicated on September 28, 1991 in its new location at the southwest corner of Waller Hall. (Information submitted by Mary McKay, WU Archivist; Kristi Negri; Kylie Pine; and Jessica Iron-Bannister '2010)

Plaque Wording: CAUTION: WELL-WORN STEP BELOW! Please watch your step as you walk on Waller Hall's historic old step, worn down by the feet of many who have crossed this threshold since 1867.
Location: Waller Hall east entrance 950 State Street SE
Date Dedicated: Step constructed in 1867, plaque erected in 1988 when Waller Hall was renovated.