McCandless
Americannoun
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In a fun twist of fate, Mark McCandless, the grandson of the original tile designer, installed the red and blue stoneware on the fountain using his grandfather’s tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
Europe chief executive Chris McCandless says it welcomes the government recruitment campaign, as the industry needs to grow.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
In 2008, Mr. Brandston remembered a conversation with Mr. McCandless during which he contrasted his years of freewheeling, largely avocational theatrical work with the more hidebound bureaucracy surrounding professional architectural and engineering design.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
McCandless apologized to his family, friends, religious order and “to anyone who ever placed faith in me.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Stuckey drove to the University of Alaska campus, on the west end of Fairbanks, and dropped McCandless off at 5:30 P.M.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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