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Illuminating night
Olympic torch relay on campus ends WUSTL's sesquicentennial year
June 18,
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| Photo by Joe Angeles / WUSTL Photo |
| Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton looks on as the Olympic torch is passed. |
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When St. Louis philanthropist E. Desmond Lee carried the Olympic torch into Francis Field on June 17 as part of the 2004 Olympic Global Torch Relay, a 100-year journey was nearly complete. In 1904, St. Louis hosted the first Olympics in the Western Hemisphere, and the track and field events that year took place on Francis Field. Now, 100 years later, the Olympic flame again visited the historic playing field.
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Commemorating the Olympics
Images from Francis Field rededication
June 17,
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| Mary Butkus/WUSTL Photo |
| Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton delivers opening remarks during the rededication ceremony of Francis Field. |
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Washington University hosted a ceremony June 16 recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics at the University and the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton hosted a rededication of Francis Field, the site of the 1904 Olympic track and field events. From Aug. 29 to Sept. 3, 1904, Francis Field and Francis Gymnasium, now registered historical landmarks, were the site of the Olympic Games — the 3rd Olympiad of the modern era and the first held in the Western Hemisphere.
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Rededication of Francis Field today is moved inside
June 16,
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| WUSTL will rededicate Francis Field, site of the 1904 Olympic track & field events, at 5 p.m. on June 16. |
Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will be joined by Charlie A. Dooley, St. Louis county executive; Jeff Rainford, chief of staff for St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay; John Schael, Washington University athletic director; Robert Marbut, chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee's National Governing Bodies' Council; and former Olympic athletes Craig Virgin and Wendy Williams for a 5 p.m. ceremony June 16 recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics at WUSTL and the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. During the ceremony, which has been moved inside due to inclement weather, Wrighton will host a rededication of Francis Field, the site of the 1904 Olympic track and field events. The ceremony will be held in the Field House in WUSTL's Athletic Complex.
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Olympic torch to make way through WUSTL campus
June 16,
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| An olive leaf served as the inspiration for the first Olympic Torch that will travel to all five continents, carrying the message of peace for the Olympic Games of 2004. |
Washington University in St. Louis will part of the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay as part of the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics held at the university, starting at approximately 7:45 p.m. Thursday, June 17. The torch will be carried into Washington University's Francis Field, as well as up and down the steps of Brookings Hall, the main administration building. Torchbearers are St. Louis philanthropist E. Desmond Lee, former Washington University volleyball coach Teri Clemens, and Michael DeBaun, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and of biostatistics at the Washington University School of Medicine.
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Science galore
X-rays, 'fax machines' and ice cream cones debut at 1904 World's Fair
April 7,
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| Courtesy Missouri Historical Society Photographs and Prints Collections. |
| Lee DeForest (seated) sending wireless telegraph message from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Photograph, 1904. |
April 30, 2004, marks the 100th anniversary of the 1904 World's Fair, an event that showcased science advancements that startled the imagination a century ago and foretold technology still in place today. The fair was headquartered on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, where significant scientific developments continue today, most notably at the nation's second-ranked medical school but also across many science and engineering disciplines.
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