Lectures
John Jay Returns to Philadelphia
At the occasion of its fifth anniversary as an organization, the John Jay Institute acquired a life-sized bronze portraiture bust of its namesake. Originally commissioned by the United States Supreme court in 1964 to be installed in the Lawyers Club of the Supreme Court, artist Elisabeth Gordon Chandler cast an impressive likeness of Chief Justice Jay. This beautiful work was unveiled at a ceremony in Olde City, Philadelphia by the Institute. Currently the bust is on public exhibit at Philadelphia’s Carpenters’ Hall, the historic 1774 location of the first Continnental Congress and appropriately, the very place of Jay’s entry into national and international politics at the age of twenty-nine. In commemoration of this special occasion Mr. Charles Hollenbach, honorary member of the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia and its historian; Mr. Walter Stahr, international lawyer, author and John Jay’s biograher; and Mr. Alan R. Crippen II, president and founder of the John Jay Institute, presented addresses to mark the opening of the public exhibit in the Carpenters’ Hall. Mr. Hollenbach and Mr. Stahr’s presentations discuss Jay’s connections to the Carpenters’ Hall and revolutionary Philadelphia, respectively. Mr. Crippen provides information about Elisabeth Gordon Chandler and her vision and work.
