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Ann Lurie of Chicago donated $12 million in memory of her husband, Robert H. Lurie (BSE '64, MSE '66), to help fund the construction of North Campus buildings, including the bell tower.
The 60-bell Eijsbouts carillon was dedicated on October 17, 1996 with a recital given by Margo Halsted and Ray McLellan.
References
1996 "Bells
to Chime at U-M Tower," Detroit Free Press, April 19, 1996,
Page 13
1996 "Occupation with a Peal," Detroit Free Press, November 6, 1996, Page 16D
1997 "Lurie Tower Bridges Generation Gap: The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor," by Jenny King, Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America 46:39-41 (1997)
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Carillon
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