Name of Memorial/Commemoration: Alden Nowlan Commemorative Plaque
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Location: Edwin Jacob Chapel, Old Arts Building
Date Unveiled: Fall 1988
Artist/Creator: Marjory Donaldson
Named for: Alden Nowlan, UNB's writer-in-residence from 1968-1983
Event/Occasion/Significance: Marked the 20th anniversary of the appointment of Alden Nowlan as writer-in-residence at UNB.
Plaque Inscription/Text Associated: Alden Nowlan Writer in Residence 1968 - 1983. Professor, I don't suppose that you'd care to arm-wrestle?
Notes: The commemorative plaque was unveiled by Claudine Nowlan, wife of Alden Nowlan and their son John.
Quote on inscription is an excerpt from poem The Unhappy People.
Source(s):
- UNB Perspectives, Vol. 15, No. 4 (December 1988): 6.