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Longtime university supporters Hugh Elliott, CEO of Elliott Group International, and his wife Nancy donated a bell tower and a 49-bell Petit & Fritsen carillon that eas designed and installed by Verdin.
It was dedicated on September 19, 2014 by Dennis Curry.
This was the last
carillon cast by Petit & Fritsen before they were bought by Royal
Eijsbouts.
References
2012 "OU
to add carillon tower to campus after $6.5 million gift," Detroit
Free Press, December 22, 2012, Page A4.
2014 "Center of attention: The Elliott Tower stands tall on campus," The Oakland Post, September 2, 2014
2014 "Oakland University’s Elliott Carillon Dedicated," by Dennis Curry, Carillon News (11):17 (November 2004)
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