TheAnn and Robert H. Lurie Tower, a memorial built in 1996 for Michigan alumnusRobert H. Lurie, is located onNorth Campus at theUniversity of Michigan inAnn Arbor.[1] It houses a 60-bell grand carillon, one of the university's two grandcarillons; the other is housed inBurton Tower onCentral Campus.[2] These are two of only 23 grand carillons in the world.
The Lurie Tower was designed by Michigan alumnusCharles Moore (AB '47, Hon Arch Ph.D. '92), with structural engineering done by Robert M. Darvas Associates. The tower was dedicated in October 1996. A gift of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Family Foundation, it has 60 bells. Ann Lurie ofChicago donated$12 million in memory of her husband, Robert H. Lurie (BSE '64, MSE '66), to help fund the construction of North Campus buildings, including thebell tower. Completed in late 1995, the 167-foot (50.9 m) tall tower is a significant landmark on North Campus.
The bronze bells of the Lurie Carillon are lighter in weight than the bells of the carillon inBurton Memorial Tower. They were cast at theRoyal Eijsbouts bell foundry inAsten, Netherlands, in the customary proportion of 80 percentcopper to 20 percenttin. The North Campusbourdon bell weighs sixtons.
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