The tale of Buckminster Fuller and the Geodesic Dome
Steve Berry
Issue date: 10/12/07 Section: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
After the service Junior Jonathan Tate said he liked the atmosphere at the Religious Center.
"It's like the best place under the dome because it provides a more intimate setting and it doesn't feel like we are actually in a building when you are under the dome," Tate said. "Everything echoes. It's really amazing under the dome."
In the absence of the Rev. Paul Burden, Eden Seminary student Ford Frazar led the service. Frazar, his wife Patricia and teenage son Alexander made up half the attendance.
During a portion of the worship service designated for prayer concerns, Linda Brubaker made an emotional prayer for the well-being of her 92-year-old father Bruce Brubaker. Brubaker was a friend and associate of Harold See, who played an integral role in the formation of SIUE.
Brubaker, See and the rest of the SIUE administrative staff moved their offices from East St. Louis to a farmhouse on the future site of SIUE in 1959.
Linda Brubaker recalled meeting Buckminster Fuller with her father.
"In the '80s we came out to hear Bucky Fuller and he was speaking, I think he was speaking, over in the lower level of the University Center. I got to go up and shake hands with him. He is not a real tall guy and he had these big coke bottle glasses, you know. It was exciting to see him in the flesh, really exciting."
Fuller was an internationally recognized thinker. He promoted and popularized the geodesic dome. There are many of Fuller's domes throughout the Midwest, including St. Louis and Carbondale, with a shining example at SIUE.
The Religious Center is open from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and on the weekends for religious and spiritual services and workshops.
"It's like the best place under the dome because it provides a more intimate setting and it doesn't feel like we are actually in a building when you are under the dome," Tate said. "Everything echoes. It's really amazing under the dome."
In the absence of the Rev. Paul Burden, Eden Seminary student Ford Frazar led the service. Frazar, his wife Patricia and teenage son Alexander made up half the attendance.
During a portion of the worship service designated for prayer concerns, Linda Brubaker made an emotional prayer for the well-being of her 92-year-old father Bruce Brubaker. Brubaker was a friend and associate of Harold See, who played an integral role in the formation of SIUE.
Brubaker, See and the rest of the SIUE administrative staff moved their offices from East St. Louis to a farmhouse on the future site of SIUE in 1959.
Linda Brubaker recalled meeting Buckminster Fuller with her father.
"In the '80s we came out to hear Bucky Fuller and he was speaking, I think he was speaking, over in the lower level of the University Center. I got to go up and shake hands with him. He is not a real tall guy and he had these big coke bottle glasses, you know. It was exciting to see him in the flesh, really exciting."
Fuller was an internationally recognized thinker. He promoted and popularized the geodesic dome. There are many of Fuller's domes throughout the Midwest, including St. Louis and Carbondale, with a shining example at SIUE.
The Religious Center is open from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and on the weekends for religious and spiritual services and workshops.
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