One of the newly announced 2010 MacArthur Fellows, Nicholas Benson, has a special connection to Houghton Library: he created the beautiful slate sign that hangs over the entrance to the Edison and Newman Room, for its dedication in 2005. Benson is a third-generation stone carver, and his father carved the sign marking Blodgett Court, just outside Houghton in the Pusey Library.
A Sign of Things to Come
