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Statue of St. Bonaventure
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The statue of St. Bonaventure is located in front of Devereux Hall. It is a seven foot high statue on a four foot high pedestal. The statue is made from Carrara marble. It was placed in memory of three St. Bonaventure students who died in 1939. Clayton Tong, class of 1940, and Charles Collins, class of 1941, who died in an automobile accident, and John Korcak, class of 1943, who died from injuries sustained in a football game. The statue was donated to the university as a gift from the students and faculty in remembrance of their fallen classmates. The St. Bonaventure Student Council held fundraising drives for two years in order to raise money for the statue. In the end, the portion of the money that could not be raised was donated by the faculty and in 1940 the statue was ordered from Italy.
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While the statue was ordered in 1940, and a pedestal was built and ready at that time, it did not actually arrive on campus until six years later in 1946. |
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A bronze plaque on the pedestal reads: In Memoriam |
| The Statue was unveiled and blessed by Father Thomas Plassmann on May 5th, 1946. | |
The Bona Venture 8 December, 1939 - 3 May, 1940.
"St. Bonaventure State" The Olean Times Herald,
21 October, 1972.