Taft House at Stratford Heights Opens Sept. 14, 2005
Information as well as tours will be part of noon-time ceremonies as the University of Cincinnati celebrates the opening of the Taft House at Stratford Heights located at 2625 Clifton Ave. The schedule of events is as follows
- Ribbon cutting at noon
- Party moves into the house and to the lower-level lecture area
- Opening remarks by Karen Gould, dean, UCs McMicken College of Arts & Sciences
- Comments from Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher, president, University of Cincinnati
- Brief address by Richard Harknett, professor and faculty chair, Taft Research Center
- Remarks by Dudley Taft, chair of the Taft Fund Trustees great-great grandson of Judge Alphonso Taft (father of Charles Phelps Taft and of William Howard Taft, 27th president of the United States)
- Reception at approximately 12:40 p.m. as well as tours led by the resident graduate students
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