INSIDE IOWA STATE
December 14, 2001
War heroes
Men of Two Wars (1942), by Christian Petersen, was installed in the Harold
Pride Lounge, Memorial Union, on Nov. 29. The location was selected because
Col. Pride, a former director of the Union, served in the U.S. Army in both
World Wars.
The outbreak of World War II inspired Petersen, Iowa State's
artist-in-residence, to create a half-size sculpture of two soldiers, one
from each World War. He proposed the sculpture as a heroic-size, bronze war
memorial, but the project never was commissioned. The Union purchased the
painted-plaster sculpture in 1985. Union officials would like to raise funds
to have the sculpture cast in bronze. Photo by Bob Elbert.
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