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From The News-Leader:

“Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger and Mike Kelly, dean of the College of Natural Resources, received the memorial from West Virginia Senior Associate Provost Russell K. Dean; Joe McNeel, Division of Forestry and Natural Resources director; Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences Dean Cameron Hackney; sculptor Levente Denes; and Laszlo Jereb, dean of the Faculty of Wood Sciences, and Laszlo Bejo, associate dean, both of the University of West Hungary.

“Patterned after traditional Hungarian memorials, the 14.5-foot high, 600-pound wooden sculpture was created in idea and form by Denes, who is a visiting associate professor of forestry at West Virginia University from the University of West Hungary. After the April 16 tragedy at Virginia Tech, he was moved to design a tribute that would symbolize the life of each student and faculty member who died at the hands of a gunman.”

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