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September 11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Twin Towers
Twin Towers and Richard
Bland College | Memorial Service Richard Bland College | Click here to access information regarding Angus Gillespie's visit to RBC.
Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center and Richard Bland College In 1999, Richard Bland College Professor Mary Monroe presented the book Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center to the Richard Bland College Library. Mary is a graduate of Sweet Briar College and received her master's degree from The College of William and Mary. Mary returned to teach at Richard Bland College part-time from 1972 until 1974 and then joined the faculty full-time as Associate Professor of Biology in 1974. Mary's brother, Angus Kress Gillespie, is an associate professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, and is the author of Twin Towers, published in 1999 by Rutgers University Press. In February 2000, he reviewed his book at the Windows on the World restaurant for the business leaders at the World Trade Center. In his book, Professor Gillespie portrays the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center as symbols of America rather than just office buildings. The Twin Towers were completed in 1976 and remained the tallest man-made structures in New York City until……………September 11, 2001. The Richard Bland College Library has on display a poster-size article about Twin Towers. The poster depicts a day in the life of the Twin Towers. Gillespie himself "spent 24 hours in the building that, like the city itself, never sleeps." (At 5:00 A.M. the 254 elevators are inspected as they are readied for carrying 450,000 passengers every day and thus begins another day at the Twin Towers.) Source: Rutgers Magazine. "Twin Towers." Spring 2000: 24-25. Since the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Professor Gillespie has been interviewed by numerous sources including an interview appearing in the Washington Post. For access, retrieve online at http://www.washingtonpost.com and then search by his name.
Memorial Service Richard Bland College September 14, 2001 Students and faculty gathered around the flag for a moment of prayer and reflection, led by Dr. James B. McNeer, President
Memorial Service Richard Bland College September 11, 2002 Students and faculty gather around the flag for a time of remembrance and reflection led by Dr. McNeer, RBC President, and Dr. Anne-Marie McCartan, RBC Provost. Wellness on Campus and the SGA sponsored this memorial.
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