Paris Kanellakis in Memoriam

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“HORIZON”
This imposing iron and azure glass monument by artist Costas Varotsos was commissioned by General and Mrs. Kanellakis in memory of their son Paris and his family. With majestic Mt. Parnassos as a backdrop and the town of Liya (in Korinth) below, the sculpture is located on family-owned land—a favorite summer haunt, where they’d gather each year to take family snapshots. The inscription reads:

DEDICATED TO OUR CHILDREN
PARIS - MATE - ALEXANDRA – STEPHANOS
THEIR PARENTS ELEFTHERIOS AND ROULA KANELLAKIS
20-12-95

Paris’s legacy will endure via fellowships and awards established to honor his memory—the ACM’s Kanellakis Award, Brown’s Kanellakis Graduate Fellowship and MIT’s Kanellakis Graduate Fellowship, to name a few. His parents have donated the land around the monument, aptly, to the SOS Children’s Village International Parc. Said his mother, “It was their favorite summer place on earth and now their spirits shall dwell there—near to us—while those we cherish are young and together in eternity.”