Friday, December 19th, 2025, at 2:00 pm in the Herrin City Library Meeting Room. The event is presented by the Herrin History Room and is free and open to the public.
The panel will include three speakers: Elizabeth Donoghue, Mike Chervinko, and Steve Gariepy. Donoghue is the President of the Board of Directors for the R. Buckminster Fuller Dome Not-For-Profit organization—a project to restore, maintain and promote Fuller's Carbondale Dome Home. She will be talking about Fuller’s legacy and their vision as an organization. Mike Chervinko, a member of the organization, will give a talk about the Marine report where they validated the logistical benefits of R. Buckminster Fuller’s signature geodesic design for mobile operations. And member of the organization Steve Gariepy will talk about how Bucky inspired him as a local during his youth.
The R. Buckminster Fuller Not-for-Profit preservation project has been key to preserving one of the most valuable sites of southern Illinois history. In April 1960, the dome was assembled in Carbondale and Bucky, with his wife Anne, lived there until 1971. Bucky was a professor at Southern Illinois University for 12 years.
During his time in Carbondale, Bucky made the front cover of Time magazine and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He also produced some of his most influential writings and received more than a quarter of his 23 patents and nearly half his 48 honorary doctorates.
In February 2006, Fuller’s Dome Home was added to the National Registry of Historic Places. Given its unique role in Bucky's life, the Fuller Dome in Carbondale is possibly the most important Buckminster Fuller artifact remaining in the world today.
More information about the Fuller Dome Home Project in Carbondale can be found at the website:
https://fullerdomehome.com/
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