Selah Bond, Jr. sculpture, circa 1970-1985.

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Selah Bond, Jr. sculpture, circa 1970-1985.

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Set of three busts of RIT presidents by Selah Bond. Bond was a writer and editor in the Graphic Art Research Center at RIT. Selah Bond sculpture consists of a set of 3 bronze busts of former RIT presidents: Mark Ellingson (1936-1969), Paul Miller (1969-1979), and Richard Rose (1979-1992). Busts are encased in a plexiglass box.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...

Bond, Selah, Jr., 1919-2011,

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Selah Bond, Jr. was born on May 6, 1919. A resident of Honeoye, New York, Bond served as editor and writer of the Graphic Arts Research Center at RIT. He published several articles and books, including "Thoughts into Words" (1972) and "Our Subjective World of Color" (1971). Of sculpting a likeness Bond wrote, "Understanding and accepting the differences between the living and an image of the living enables us to find real satisfaction in the prestigious tribute paid to a person by a commissioned...