Editing Gravity Research Foundation (section)

== Monuments ==
In the 1960s, Babson gave grants to a number of colleges that were accompanied by stone monuments.<ref>[http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-03/gravitys-sworn-enemy-roger-babson-and-gravity-research-foundation Popular Science: "Gravity's Sworn Enemy"]</ref> The monuments are inscribed with a variety of similar sayings, such as "It is to remind students of the blessings forthcoming when a semi-insulator is discovered in order to harness gravity as a free power and reduce airplane accidents" and "It is to remind students of the blessings forthcoming when science determines what gravity is, how it works, and how it may be controlled."<ref>[http://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2010/03/anti-gravity-monuments.html Anti-Gravity Monuments (report of visit)]</ref>

Colleges that received monuments include:
* [[Bethune-Cookman College]] in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]]
* [[Colby College]] in [[Waterville, Maine]]
* [[Eastern University (United States)|Eastern Baptist College]] in [[St. Davids, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Eastern Nazarene College]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]
* [[Emory University]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]<ref>[http://www.emoryhistory.emory.edu/facts-figures/places/landmarks/gravity.html Emory University: Gravity Monument]</ref>
* [[Gordon College (Massachusetts)|Gordon College]] in [[Wenham, Massachusetts]]
* [[Hobart and William Smith Colleges]] in [[Geneva, New York]]
* [[Keene State College]] in [[Keene, New Hampshire]]<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMM4YV_Anti_Gravity_Monument_Keene_NH Waymarking.com: Keene State anti-gravity monument]</ref>
* [[Middlebury College]] in [[Middlebury (town), Vermont|Middlebury, Vermont]]
* [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
* [[Tufts University]] in [[Medford, Massachusetts]]<ref>[http://now.tufts.edu/articles/mark-spot-defying-gravity Tufts Now: Defying Gravity]</ref>
* [[Tuskegee Institute]] in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]]
* [[University of Tampa]] in [[Tampa, Florida]]
* [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] in [[Wheaton, Illinois]].
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Hobart College's "H-Book" contains a description of the circumstances surrounding the placement of its Gravity Monument: <!--Alas, the inscription on the stone is not legible in low-res image in the online document---> "The location of the stone on campus was linked to a gift to the Colleges of 'gravity grant' stocks, now totaling more than $1 million, from Roger Babson, the founder of Babson College. The eccentric Babson was intrigued by the notion of anti-gravity and inclined to further scientific research in this area. The Colleges used these funds to help construct Rosenberg Hall in 1994. Two trees that shade the stone are said to be direct descendants of Newton’s famous apple tree."

The stone at Colby College was once in front of the Keyes Building on the main academic quadrangle but was moved to a more obscure location near the Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center. Students would often knock it over in an ironic testament to gravity's power. At Tufts, the monument is the site of an "inauguration ceremony"<ref>[http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/ceremony/Christian.html Tufts "inauguration ceremony']</ref> for students who receive [[PhD]]s in [[Physical cosmology|cosmology]], in which a thesis advisor drops an apple on the student's head.

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Image:GordonGravity.jpg|The Gravity Research Foundation monument at [[Gordon College (Massachusetts)|Gordon College]]
Image:Tufts-gravity.jpg|The Gravity Research Foundation monument at [[Tufts University]]
Image:5066_enc_gravity_monument-e-small.jpg|The Gravity Research Foundation monument outside ''Shrader Hall'' at [[Eastern Nazarene College]]
Image:Gravity_monument.jpg|The Gravity Research Foundation monument at [[Emory University]]
Image:Gravity_monument_Tampa.jpg|The Gravity Research Foundation monument at the [[University of Tampa]]
Image:MiddleburyGravityResearchMonument.jpg|The Gravity Research Foundation monument at [[Middlebury College]]
Image:GRF Monument Wheaton.jpg|The Gravity Research Foundation monument at [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]]
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