Monday, June 23, 2008

Monroe Carell, Jr. Dies


A couple of weeks ago, I posted photos of the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University.  (Click here for the first post.)  The window in today's photo is from the hospital's chapel.

Over the weekend, Carell passed away from cancer.  Carell, who headed Central Parking, was a philanthropist who backed several causes.  I understand that he helped raise more than $75 MILLION to build Children's Hospital.  More importantly, he cared about the children there.  You can read more about him here.

The Nashville community (as well as the world community) has lost a good friend.

6 comments:

Diederick Wijmans said...

You photograhped the window beautifully. I can imagine that the death of this person is more than a great loss to your comunity!

Anonymous said...

I feel the death of CarelL Junior is a great loss for everyone, but also feel he made an example of his life.

Olivier said...

ce vitrail est très beau, avec cette colombe. j'adore
This window is very beautiful, with the dove. I love

Ming the Merciless said...

It is a sad day! Hopefully, his work will continue with others taking over the helm.

Clueless in Boston said...

The Children's Hospital is a great legacy to a fine human being. The stained glass window is beautiful.

Halcyon said...

It's sad to lose great people, but hopefully others have learned from his kindness and generosity and will follow in his footsteps.