A number of the early faculty members of Loma Linda University during the years after its founding in 1905 had received their education at another Seventh-day Adventist school of higher education, American Medical Mission College (AMMC) in Battle Creek, Michigan.
The AMMC class of 1899 — its first graduating class — donated a stone monument to their alma mater that bore its motto, “Let Us Follow Him.”
Today, that very large rock sits at the Founders Plaza* on the Loma Linda University Health campus. Identifying the stone and the organization it commemorated was last week’s trivia challenge. Annette Brock, Lisa Marie Benanti and Gerald Rezes are the random winners among those who correctly answered the AMMC rock. Please email pr@llu.edu to claim your prize, which must be picked up within 60 days.
How, when and why did the stone get from Michigan to Loma Linda? It was no easy task, given the monument’s heavy weight. Next week’s post will tell the story, along with the answer to today’s challenge: state how much the rock in question weighs.
Email your answer to pr@llu.edu by midnight Tuesday, April 21, for the chance to be a random winner. One answer per person.
* Wondering where the Founders Plaza is? It is between Magan Hall and the Heritage Research Center at the Del E. Webb Memorial Library. Check it out.