Sentence examples for commemorating donors from inspiring English sources

The lobby of the Lloyd Noble Research Center is decorated with rose-colored plaques commemorating donors; the largest plaques honor Devon Energy and the billionaire alumnus Boone Pickens.

Cecil Rhodes was a student there; not only did he create Rhodes scholarships but gave generously to his college – and the Rhodes building that fronts on to Oxford's High Street commemorates their donor with a life-sized statue.

In addition, Rumney and Hélion, the sons of Peggy Guggenheim's only daughter, Pegeen, complain that the museum's garden, in whose wall their grandmother's ashes are interred next to a plaque commemorating her 14 dogs, have been "desecrated" by donor receptions.

However, to do this, Charity: Water has had to simplify the problem and narrow in on one piece of the solution — the piece with the most potential to deliver that experience: individualized water projects, like wells or purification systems, that can be photographed, located on Google Maps, and commemorated with plaques featuring donors' names.

The Park Service is commemorating its 100th year with a $350 million fundraising campaign that for the first time allowed large banners in the parks featuring donors' corporate logos.

Such a man deserves commemorating.

How will you be commemorating independence?

Statues commemorating Confederate Gens.

What are we commemorating?

Celebrating is different to commemorating.

The anthropological literature has acknowledged the social and emotional significance of commemorating the dead.