Emory University

400 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30307
Gravity Research Monument

A tombstone-like monument stands in the courtyard outside Emory University’s Math and Science Center. The monolith is a remnant of millionaire Roger Babson’s war against gravity, which he blamed for his sister’s death by drowning. Babson founded the Gravity Research Foundation, which once issued these small monuments to its grantees. Erected in 1963, Emory’s stone is meant to remind researchers “of the blessings forthcoming when science determines what gravity is, how it works, and how it may be controlled.”