Dr. Ronald McNair Park

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• Location: Eastern Pkwy, Washington to Classon Aves
• Sculptor: Ogundipe Fayomi (AKA Claude Audrey)
• Architect: DPR
• Description: Bust (life size) recessed in pyramidal monument, two plaques with reliefs
• Materials: Missouri red granite (polished); bronze
• Dimensions: H: 9' W: 5'6" at base
• Cast: ca. 1994
• Dedicated: June 14, 1994
• Fabricator: Anchor Casting, Milton Osborne, bust and plaques; A. Ottavino Corp., pedestal
• Donor: Percent for Art, New York City
• Inscription: Center:
  DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / DR. RONALD MCNAIR / BORN OCTOBER 21, 1950 / LAKE CITY SOUTH CAROLINA / DIED JANUARY 28, 1986 / ABOARD THE SPACE / SHUTTLE CHALLENGER / PHYSICIST, ASTRONAUT / TEACHER MUSICIAN ATHLETE / "MY WISH IS THAT WE / WOULD ALLOW THIS PLANET / TO BE THE / BEAUTIFUL OASIS THAT SHE / IS, AND ALLOW / OURSELVES TO LIVE MORE / IN THE PEACE THAT / SHE GENERATES."
  
  Proper Left:
  "TRULY / THERE IS NO MORE / BEAUTIFUL SIGHT / THAN TO SEE / THE EARTH / FROM A SPACE BEYOND."
  
  Proper Right:
  "THE SATISFYING / THING ABOUT / PHYSICS ITSELF IS THE / FEELING OF HAVING / UNDERSTOOD AND / UNLOCKED SOMETHING / HERETOFORE / UNKNOWN" / "DEFY AND SIMPLY IGNORE / ANY OF THE INEVITABLE / OBSTACLES THAT WILL / IMPEDE THE PURSUIT OF / YOUR GOAL."
  
  On Proper Right Plaque:
  SCULPTOR OGUNDIPE FAYOMI / DR. RONALD MCNAIR MONUMENT / MATERIAL: BRONZE & GRANITE / COLLECTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK / COMMISSIONED BY / DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS / PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAMS / SPONSORED BY / DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION / ACCESSION NUMBER: PFA 94.1