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Mystery Monday: memorial monogram

By Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 5:40am July 08 2024

We spotted this stone carving above an arch in Pauli Murray College. Who does it commemorate?

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  • Stewart Landefeld
    Stewart Landefeld , 12:29am July 09 2024 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    Prof. G. Pierson, seemingly as ancient as Yale and ramrod straight as I recall him in his 70s.

  • Mark Branch
    Mark Branch, 8:26am July 09 2024 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    That's correct! Besides his trademark bow ties, history professor George Wilson Pierson was known for his scholarship on the university itself.

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