Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-02-24 | Page 7 | Utah Sculptor Finishing 9-Foot Statue

Whitman Memorial Memoria Utah Sculptor Finishing ing Foot 9 Statue The statue of oC Dr Marcus arcus Whitman Whitman Whit Whit- man is in its final phases of preparation before being shipped to Washington D. D C C. to be placed in Statuary hall as the representative represents represents- live tive of Washington state The foot 9 statue of oC the famous medical missionary will ll soon be besent besent besent sent to New York to be cast in bronze and completed according according- to Dr Avard Fairbanks dean of the college of fine arts University of oC Utah and sculptor of or the tile monument n-i n ment ent The casting will vill tal take e sometime Dr Fail Fairbanks banks said but the tile statue will be ready for dedication in May lay Worked orl ll Year and a Half Hal The sculptor said he has worked on the tile model for over a year and anda a half and that he would be on hand for dedication ceremonies at Statuary hall hail The first of four statues statue to be made by Dr Fairbanks was as a size quarter-size r replica e p 1 lie i c a and was shipped to the Dr Marcus Whitman Whitman Whitman Whit Whit- man Foundation committee in Walla Valla Walla VaUa Wash as a design entry The second was as a a. size half-size statue that Is now at Whitman college located at Walla Walla Valla The third and fourth statues arc are areto i ito to be cast from the size full-size model II now being completed One will willbe willbe be he shipped to Washington D. D C C. C for placement in Statuary ha hall i while hile the other will vilI be sent to Walla Valla Walla VaHa for location on Dr Whitman's mission site Entitled to Two Each Each state in the tile United States is entitled to two statues in Statuary hall the ch choice ice to be made by the respective state legisla leg leg- isla to rs Washington's House and Senate decided unanimously to ize Dr Whitman forever by a monument in the Hall of Fame because of his tremendous efforts in helping his fellow man during pioneer days Utah's representation In Ill Statuary Statuary Statuary Statu Statu- I ary hall hail is the figure of Brigham I Young Young- unveiled last year Dr Fairbanks explained that after the lie Whitman monument is dedicated he will vili begin work on designs to be be submitted for the North Dakota representative to the tile shrine