Dedication and Alumni Support
On May 4, 2006, Alon Yishai Mass ‘08 (Treasurer, Cornell University Class Council of 2008; Member, Student Assembly Appropriations Committee) and Brian Luttrell Hughes ‘07 (President, Mascot, The Big Red Bears) proposed a resolution to the Cornell Student Assembly entitled "R. 33 Resolution Regarding The Creation of a Bear Sculpture Designed to Enhance Pride and Unity on Campus Cornell Student Assembly Minute Notes - May 4, 2006".
The resolution was unanimously passed by the Student Assembly; Alon Mass has been actively involved in the creation of such a statue ever since.
Since then, Several alumni including John Foote '74, the author of "Touchdown" The story of the Cornell Bear" and Joseph Thankhauser have made progression on honoring the lineage of Touchdown by adopting an monumental statue that would highlight all four black bears. University officials have shown support for this idea and the expected date of erected statue is set for the sesquicentennial in 2015.
In 2005, the Big Red Bears was founded as a student organization to recruit multiple mascots after several years of individual mascots. Recently in 2011, the Cornell Class of 1970 gifted $22,500 to the club with the intention of a $1,000 yearly allowance for cleaning and repairing the suits as well as saving towards new suits. The Class of 1970 president, Connie Ferris Meyer, commented "We felt that the Big Red Bears Gift and Memorial was a lively, fun, and ongoing way to honor the Class of '70, our classmates who have passed on, and the University community."
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