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...land--3600-acre Black Rock Forest--was bequeathed to the University by Ernest G. Stillman '08, upon his death in 1949, to provide a field center for forestry research. Now, 24 years later, Black Rock has become a variety of things to a variety of people...
Most of the descendents of Ernest Stillman also reportedly opposed the committee recommendations, and four met with Bok and Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, shortly after the release of the report to express their opinions...
Steiner said at that time that the opinions of the descendents "is obviously something we take into account," but added that other factors must also be considered. He further stated that not all the members of the Stillman family are opposed to the Storm King project...
...only vocal proponent of the project in the family, Calvin W. Stillman '39, wrote in a 1966 Black Rock Forest Report that he felt "the plant as planned constitutes no significant blight upon the natural beauty of Storm King and the Hudson River shorelines," and saw no reason why it should not be built...
These are my opinions, and with humble respect I ask you to consider them, and save Storm King. Mark C. Stillman...