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Bronzed Winters Installed on Campus

Sculptors T.J. Dixon and James Nelson pose with the statue of the Winters and Trustee Walter Hansen (right)
Sculptors T.J. Dixon and James Nelson pose with the statue of the Winters and Trustee Walter Hansen (right)

Workers installed a new bronze statue of former ĢƵ president David K. Winter walking with wife, Helene, outside the entrance to . Encinitas-based artists created the life-sized sculpture and delivered it to campus April 11.

ĢƵ Trustee Walter Hansen, who commissioned the sculpture along with his wife, Darlene, says the statue reflects the Winters’ love for each other. “They are strolling along, walking together— and that’s been their life — walking together and leading this campus as a married couple, exuding an exuberance of love for each other, love for the Lord and love for ĢƵ,” Hansen says.

President Gayle D. Beebe and the ĢƵ Board of Trustees will officially dedicate Winter Hall at a public ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, May 5, at 5:30 p.m.