Cummins Inc. 2007 Sustainability Report

Cummins Contributes
to King Memorial
Cummins has pledged $1 million to help create the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial in Washington D.C. as a way to honor both Dr. King and the legacy
of former Cummins Chairman J. Irwin Miller.
The monument, on the National Mall, is being created by the National
Memorial Project Foundation to commemorate the life and work of Dr. King,
and to honor his contributions to world peace through nonviolent social change.
Cummins’ contribution to the project will be in the name of J. Irwin Miller,
who worked closely with Dr. King during the height of the U.S. civil rights
movement and who was tireless in his support for equality.
“Dr. King and Mr. Miller shared many of the same values — equality, fairness,
racial harmony and compassion among them — and this monument provides
Cummins the opportunity to honor the memories and legacies of two great
men,” said Tracy Souza, Executive Director, Corporate Social Responsibility.
The four-acre site of the Memorial is on the northeast corner of the Tidal Basin
in Washington D.C., north of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial and on a direct
line between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials. The location was chosen to
create a create a visual ‘line of leadership’ from the Lincoln Memorial, where
Dr. King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, to the Jefferson Memorial.
Diversity
The MLK Memorial
Ground breaking
Ceremonies
occurred on
Nov. 13, 2006.
Among those in
attendance were
Presidents Bush
and Clinton and
Dr. King’s children
Yolanda, Martin III
and Bernice.
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