TUCSON, Ariz. - As Truly Nolen of America kicked off its 16th annual Manager Meeting on Jan. 15, a special unveiling took place in the glass atrium of the company’s large training building. That morning, a bronze statue of company founder Truly David Nolen was unveiled, and he is sitting on a bench with a special mouse feature to symbolize one of his greatest inventions – the mouse car.
Truly’s wife Vickie Nolen, a longtime employee and company Board Member, commissioned the creation of the statue and donated it to the Leadership Center on her behalf. Local Tucson artists Lynn Rae Lowe, who worked on the bench, Linda Ahearn, who sculpted the statue, & Mark Rossi, who created the mouse, helped bring Nolen’s vision to life.
“Truly was a brilliant and special man, and Tucson was always a special place to him,” Nolen said. "Our ‘home office' has been in Tucson for over 60 years and our employees train at our Leadership Center so it seemed like the perfect place to have this statue and honor his legacy.”
The bench reads: "TRULY DAVID NOLEN (1928-2017); Leader, entrepreneur, aviator, sailor, diver, polio survivor. A man of integrity and resilience, with a wonderful sense of humor who lived his life by "The Golden Rule”. May the memories of Truly continue to inspire us all."
“This project took a year to complete requiring multiple trips from where I reside in Florida to meet with the artists to get Truly 'just right',” Nolen added. “I thank Lynn Rae, Linda, and Mark who put so much time into making this statue the way I wanted it to be.”
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