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“Buckminster Fuller was down in Pennsylvania, then he'd come up and go to his island in Maine. He wanted to remain a New Englander. He taught from '48 to '49 and '50 at Black Mountain College. That's where he met Kenneth Snelson. Fuller kind of stayed a Yankee right in the New England area. So it was pretty easy to get him to come on over, and we would have lectures at the Harvard Science Center.”

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Paul Laffoley, born on August 14, 1940, and passed away on November 16, 2015, was an artist whose category and identity remain unknown. His life story, achievements, and impact are currently limited in available information. more

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