For: Mr. David Bergholz, Executive Director The George Gund Foundation 1845 Guildhall Building 45 Prospect Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44115 From: Timm Barczy, Director Save The Buhl Box 431 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 Dear Mr. Burgholz, I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirit. I am writing to convey my concurrence of your opinion presented in the July 14, 2002 issue of the Post-Gazette. It may further interest you to know that a number of the Foundations mentioned in the article have pledged equally large sums to the local Children's Museum expansion project without the imposition of their "moral will". The fact that this project involves the defacement of the original Buhl Planetarium's historical architecture seems to be of little consequence. (The interior work will result in further defacement and the dispossession of globally unique scientific rarities.) Is financing the destruction of history to create a facility of tenuous educational value of greater significance than the enlightenment of children? It appears clear that the Foundation answer is "Yes" in this scenario. Perhaps the loss of this money is a veiled blessing for the children of Pittsburgh. Perhaps the schools would be wise to court money from Foundations that are uninterested in the ostentatious, far less magisterial, and without moral conflict. (Most Foundations were created by honorable souls. Perhaps it would be wise for Foundation Boards to remind themselves of their purpose by periodically reading the original Charter set forth by those who created and drafted them.) This is my hope. Keep the faith, and may you use your position for incomparable good. With regard, Timm Barczy