+LUIS ACOSTA TELEPHONE CALL+ >it was heartwarming to recieve a phone >call from my distinguished former l.s.u. +WINNER, 1966 PORTLAND+ +CEMENT AWARD TO FRANCE+ >architectural student yesterday and catch up after 44 years of busy +LIFE AND PROFOUND WORK+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MEMOIR PROMISED+ >luis has promised to write about his youthful experience in france with >penny his wonderful wife and +de LA CROIX HERITAGE+ >companion on this adventure. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NATURAL ARTISTIC TALENT+ >luis who was from puerto rico, has an admirable natural artistic talent as architect/renderer of the first rank his beautiful drawings evidence. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LUIS HAS JUST COMPLETED HIS+ >retired after 26 years of< >practice in denver< +HOME IN PLAQUEMINE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(he shall send photographs)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +AMAZING SYNCHRONICITY+ >best man in luis's wedding was my first wife's friend and classmate in baton rouge at redemptorist high school +PAUL ROY, ARCHITECT+ >who i had the sad task to inform of her death as he was chairman of +CLASS OF 1954+ >her class reunion the year she passed on here in san diego ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LUIS'S VOICE WAS FULL OF PRIDE+ >3 children/many grandchildren< +AS HE SPOKE OF HIS FAMILY+ >and his wonderful penny< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TULANE vs L.S.U. vs S.D.S.U.+ >louisiana to california< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +EACH SITUATION POSSESSES ITS+ >i feel loyalty to all and have< >written about each school< +INDIVIDUAL NATURE & VIRTUES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE+ >i remember w/ joy my opening summer of 1952 experience at tulane and at l.s.u. in 1956, returning to teach in 1965 and tulane graduate work >and teaching in 1967-1969< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SYNCHRONICITY+ >the l.s.u. hill memorial library lobby was the mise-en-scene of 3 events of life +I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1) in 1965 hill memorial was the locus of the l.s.u. architectural school and my first louisiana one man >exhibition as a new professor< >IN THAT MARBLE LOBBY< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2) fast forward to 1966 and that lobby was the locus of the presentation +PORTLAND CEMENT AWARD+ >of luis acosta's award to france. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3) fast forward to april 2010 and that lobby is where i met faye phillips, tara laver and elaine smythe of +L.S.U. LIBRARY ARCHIVES+ >l.s.u. libraries special collections and manuscripts curatorial >regarding my donations< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ORIGINAL DESIGN GRAPHICS+ >(i had donated the contents of my 1998 school of design exhibition +VIDEO & GRAPHICS+ >where i last saw dr. bob reich) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >ALL THREE EVENTS SPECIAL TO A< >1932-1959< +NATIVE OF BATON ROUGE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE BATON ROUGE EVIDENCE+ (is in the archive at l.s.u.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >in 1959 i left baton rouge forever in body but not in spirit as after all in about 1946 i had seen that u.f.o. +LIFE CHANGING+ +EXPERIENCE+ >high above my baton rouge home a few miles away. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE+ +U.F.O. PHENOMENOM+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HARVARD PROF. JOHN MACK+ >yesterday i purchased the impressive new u.f.o. magazine, so well titled "OPEN MINDS" >with an exellent article about the harvard psychology professor +JOHN MACK ph.d+ >who was invited by his colleagues to investigate people who claimed to have been abducted by, yes... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the harvard administration tried to stop jonn mack's work when he determined >the people studied were truthful< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >dr. mack engaged legal council and won his academic freedom back. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ONLY TO BE RUN DOWN IN LONDON+ >(suposedly a taxi at night)< +AND KILLED A SHORT TIME LATER+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +L. S.U. ARCHIVAL EVIDENCE+ >if one examines carefully the design drawings that i donated to the l.s.u. library archives, the u.f.o. event +ARCADIAN VISION+ >of my youth in baton rouge will become evident as a... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +STRONG FACTOR OF INFLUENCE+ >radiant architecture< +IN MY LIFE'S OEUVRE OF WORK+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ALUMINUM SYSTEMS DESIGN+ (my "backengineering") >there was another student competition +RAYMOND BURROUGHS+ >won by a student of mine in 1966< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this utilised the influence i felt from the u.f.o. sighting of >twenty years before<. ^^^^^^^^^^^ +ALUMINUM KIT OF PARTS DESIGN+ >interestingly in california twenty years later another student of mine won +FUTURES APARTMENTS+ >first place and publcation in the los angales times w/ a very +SIMILAR CONCEPT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^ +TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES+ >i have written about our other wins in all california competitions such as the time our structure won +SAN LOUIS OBISPO+ >in a calif. cloudburst while the >other univ. structures collapsed< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CONCLUSION+ >researchers sifting through the archive of my life's work will find all of this +VIDEO-PHOTO-PAPER+ >documented but what they won't find are the threats made to me +LIKE DR. JOHN MACK+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >threatning academic freedom because what i was teaching was an approach to architecture "outside the box" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE VERY REASON ISAAC NEWTON+ HAD TO RESEARCH ALCHEMY IN >(leonardo davinci also)< +ABSOLUTE SECRECY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california