GRATITUDE TO SCHOLARS / prof udo kulterman's letter

+OCTOBER 16TH , 1985+

>professor udo kulterman of washington university<

>sent me a letter seeking slides of my architecture<

+PROFESSOR UDO KULTURMAN+

+WASHINGTON U. ST. LOUIS+

>for his special course in american architecture<

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+MONTHS WENT BY+

>(i was distracted by publication in paris & tokyo)<

>before i realized how profound prof. kulturman's<
+(PROF KULTERMAN'S LINK+
+TO BAUHAUS SCHOLARS)+
>course in american architecture was and finally<

>sent a packet of my work including the slides<

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+SCHOLARS ARE IMPORTANT/+ !
>(his notebooks for thnoc archive)<
+OUR BROTHER AS EXAMPLE+
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>tonight's blog makes an effort to recognize<

>several scholars including prof. kulterman<

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>this is russell desmond an excellent new orleans<
+(RUSSELL DESMOND+
+/ NOLA SCHOLAR)+ !
>french scholar in his vieux carre "arcadia" shop<
>(russell introduced me to georgia chadwick)<
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>professor kulterman is now retired emeritus<
+(FIBER OPTIC RADIANT+
+TENSILE STRUCTURE)+
>prof. w/o access to my later design oeuvre<
>(this rendered print typical of my oeuvre)<
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 >this is the group of slides sent to professor<
+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
+SENT PROF. KULTERMAN)+
>udo kulterman , washington univ. st. louis<
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>these are just two of the radiant architecture<

+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+

+/ LOS ANGELES DESIGNS)+

>groups of documenta of my design oeuvre<

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>four of my early documenta photos from<
+(METAPHYSICAL PHOTOS+
+BATON ROUGE, CREOLE)+
>my freshman year (52) tulane university<
>(our initial encounter w/ prof. lawrence)<
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>professor robert heck dedicated scholar of lsu<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ MAGNOLIA MOUND)+
+(also-/ PRINCE MURAT)+
>school of architecture saved this plantation<
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 >at tulane in new orleans, prof. bernard lemann<
+(FRESH GROWTH FROM+
+NOLA CREOLE TOMB)+
>was a great inspiration to my cavaroc interests<
>(this photo typical of my 1960s photo safaris)<
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>(it was bernie who found the redon link to<
>my cavaroc family via redon's sketchbook<
>he told me this while i taught at tulane 68)<
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>our oldest brother randolph j. ray jr. was a very<
+(COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS+
+OF ZECHARIA SITCHEN)+
>dedicated scholar for esoteric, occult research<
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 >my life and work was<
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 >(is) but a flash of light<
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 >in the evening sky< !
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 >four photographs taken in my lower library<
+(EUGENE RAY ARCHITECT+
+LAJOLLA ARCHIVE, 2013)+
>archive destined for thnoc & sdsu archives<
>(dave fobes/jim bourke assembled shelves)<
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 >parlange french creole sugar plantation inspires<
+(FOR ALL OF OUR GREAT+
+LOUISIANA SCHOLARS+
+/ PARLANGE, 1750)+ !!!
>all who know its fantastic enduring long history<
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+GOOGLE: EUGENE RAY / PARLANGE+
+PLANTATION+(for our 90s visit there &<
>we hope to revisit there-(late october 2014)<
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+HOMAGE TO GREAT LA. SCHOLARS+ !

+LAWRENCE=HECK=WILSON=LEMANN+

>(lawrence of course, includes father & son<

>many more have written excellent books<

>like john messina, lsu grad in tuscon, az)<

+CIZEK=CHRISTOVICH=DESMOND+ (etc)

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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu