In August, 2009 the NASS Conference was held in Portland, Oregon and visited the sundial at Clark College in Vancouver, WA.  The equatorial sundial, built in 1984, had just received a new gnomon: an analemmatic or "bowling pin" gnomon that corrects for the Equation of Time. On May 4th, 2026 the local newspaper of Clark County, the Columbian, reported that more than 40 years after its creation, Clark College’s sundial endures as a symbol of the Vancouver institution’s commitment to high-level education and community involvement.  “I think it’s reflective of how this community felt, and probably still feels, about their college,” said Sue Groth, who served as the college’s director of college and community relations from 1980 to 2005.

It is heartening to know that the sundial still stands and functions to tell accurate time to all those who observe its shadows.

Photo at right shows members of the North American Sundial Society examining the Clark College sundial on August 21, 2009.  The dial was designed by Carlton Bell and the analemmatic gnomon by Art Krenzel . In the photo at right, Art is explaining how the analemmatic gnomon worked to Tony Moss, a famous sundial maker from the UK.

https://www.columbian.com/news/2026/may/04/clark-colleges-sundial-stands-the-test-of-time/