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MG LEWIS&CO.,INC.
INVESTMENT BANKERS

201 NORTH NEW YORK AVENUE, SUITE 300, WINTER PARK, FLORIDAY 32789 TELEPHONE (305) 647-1621
MAILING ADDRESS: POST OFFICE BOX 2743, WINTER PARK, FLORIDA 32790 TELECOPY (305) 628-4893

September 17, 1987

Mr. David Driskell
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Dear Mr. Driskell:

It is my understanding that a Joint Executive Committee will be considering the resignation of Jack
Eastman as Consultant to the Skowhegan School on the Awards Dinner Celebration. The potential
loss of Jack's dedicated endeavors to the promotion of Skowhegan is, I am sure, distressing to all
of the distinguished members of the Skowhegan Board. To each one of you, Jack's association
with Skowhegan has had an individual and personal significance. Moreover, to everyone fortunate
enough to be associated with Skowhegan, Jack has appeared as a force that has endured for the
better part of forty years. His persistence, his loyalty and devotion, surely his life's work, has been
a majoy contributor to bringing a dream into focus for so many gifted artists, and to bringing the
appreciation of their art into so many other's lives.

My own love of art and deire to share that love with others effected my introduction to Jack, and it
was Jack's infectious love for, and belief in, Skowhegan that was the persuading factor in my
decision to purchase the "Skowhegan 10-Year Retrospective Collection" last fall. Since that time I
have had the privilege of becoming acquainted with the great institution that is Skowhegan, its
traditions and its unique corporate structure. It is my intent to remain associated with Skowhegan
both as an investor and a friend, and it is in this latter capacity that I respectfully ask your
indulgence as I consider the occasion to Jack Eastman's resignation.

At this point I must say that, knowing the principles that Skowhegan has established; gratitude,
sensitivity and a keen sense of honor, the ideas I am about to share have no doubt been already
expressed by many on the Board. Believing this, and knowing that all members of the Board have
in their hearts, only the desire to uphold Skowhegan's long-term integrity, as well as the commend
one who has contributed so immensely to that reputation, I feel confident in suggesting that an
effort is whole-heartedly made to ensure that Jack Eastman's value to Skowhegan is preserved.

In recognition of his past efforts and contribution to the development and success of Skowhegan, I
would recommend that Jack Eastman be awarded teh Gertrude Whitney Vanderbilt Award. I am
sure that, in looking back over the criteria by which past recipients were appraised, Jack's
qualifications are judged on a partiy, with perhaps a slight edge due simply because of his
steadfast and sigular love of Skowhegan. I further recommend that Jack be named a Trustee
Emeritus of Skowhegan, and that with this appointment goes the commission that he develop a
historical biography of The Skowhegan School of Sculture and Painting.