[Dialogue] Vance Engleman collection

RICHARD HOWIE rhowie3 at verizon.net
Sat Aug 26 06:17:35 EST 2006


On Aug 25, 2006, at 6:01 PM, George Holcombe wrote:

> This article was in the Austin American newspaper, Aug. 25.  The  
> president of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Jake B.  
> Schrum, was a personal friend and classmate of Vance Engleman, and  
> Vance bequeathed his Ghandi collection to Southwestern U.  Wanda  
> will be working on a Peace with Justice seminar during the  
> dedication of the collection.
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> Most of us remember Vance's broom collection, but this is a very  
> significant collection.
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> –george holcombe
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> SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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> Bequest includes Gandhi works
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> Southwestern has received a trove of materials about peace and  
> nonviolence collected by Vance Engleman, a management consultant  
> and self-taught Gandhi scholar from the Pittsburgh area who died  
> last year.
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> The gift includes the 100-volume collected works of Mohandas  
> Gandhi, audiovisual works about Gandhi and works about the Rev.  
> Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa. The materials also  
> include busts of Gandhi, King and Mother Teresa, as well as other  
> artwork.
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> A peace conference Oct. 11 and 12 at Southwestern will feature Arun  
> Gandhi as the keynote speaker.
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> "With Arun Gandhi sharing lessons from his grandfather, it will be  
> wonderful to celebrate the Engleman World Peace and Nonviolence  
> Collection along with the conference," university chaplain Beverly  
> Jones said._______________________________________________
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