CLASSNOTES
1920s | 1930s | 1940s
| 1950s |1960s | 1970s
| 1980s | 1990s
Thomas Shelby '28
writes: "The fall issue of the Antiochian sets a new
record for volume, interest, nostalgic news and the current
status of Antioch. As the oldest living Alumnus, I was impressed
by the pictorial revival of the early days on campus, as well
as in the Village. In 150 years, the College has indeed created
a progressive community and innovative alumni. In the 97th
year of my life, I still share in the spirit of Antioch by
moderating the Men's Forum at a retirement complex, by serving
on the Residential Council and pursuing a hobby of acrylic
painting." Friend write to: 45 Katherine Blvd #138, Palm
Harbor, FL 34684
Bob Wilson '39
writes: "At my 90th birthday party on October 4, 2003,
the fall issue of the Antiochian arrived with a 67-year-old
picture taken at the DIV dance of February 1, 1936. Few will
relate to the following but it brought much warmth to me in
the recall.
In the fall of 1931 - by train from Baltimore to Xenia then
by car to Yellow Springs - a friendship with Antioch College
began that was to last a lifetime. South Hall was the men's
dorm; Rod O'Connor manager of the Tea Room; Kenny Hamilton
service manager; Miss Lutz dietician; Nellie, Thelma, and
Irene in the kitchen with Don Bloom; Jemi McBride and Bob
Wilson on the floor. Lunch was 25 cents and dinner, with choice
of three entrees was 40 cents; bus your own dishes. Registrar
Fressa Baker Inman established a Jewish quota (any African
American applicants?), Arthur E. Morgan as president had initiated
the co-op program, and, before he was appointed by FDR as
the first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, I got
to eat soy bean lunches at the Morgan's prepared by wife Lucy.
On the tennis court, it might be with VP Alexander or philosophy
professor George Geiger; in Nemo Hall, French professor Hermie
Schnurer might show for a shot of sloe gin (sic) and some
exciting political discussions. For exams, including finals,
we were trusted to take them in our rooms. On Sunday evening,
music by Beethoven or Mozart would be piped off a tower from
78s and cactus needles to the couples below who didn't always
follow the injunction of Miss Carrie Norment, Dean of Women,
to "stay on top of the blanket." Math professor
Irving Burr had me eat Christmas dinner with his family when
I didn't have home fare. We played volleyball with PE Slim
Dawson and his faculty team; tried to absorb the messages
of John Dewey when he came to visit; memorized the Chinese
proverb that a speaker told us we would never forget; watched
with disapproval as red corduroys swung behind Pres. Morgan
as he addressed an assembly. The Dayton press considered us
a "red" campus for we read and discussed Marx along
with Adam Smith. Since few had cars, recreation was almost
exclusively on campus - in the Glen with blankets, date and
a small keg; the gym for basketball; the dorm for poker or
bridge. But every five weeks it could be a co-op job in New
York, Chicago, Cincinnati, where all was available. When an
off-campus job was not in the offing it might be the Glen
Gang at $14 a week to chop the osage orange, remove oak water
tanks from Antioch's towers, lay bricks to replace mud and
cinder on the walks. Fortunate to have lived within that beautiful
community! I hope that much of the flavor and substance of
Antioch's campus in the 1930s is still recognizable today."
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Ann Conlon Horvath
'40 writes: "It was great to read about Kenneth
Hamilton and the Tea Room and the
DIV dance picture certainly brought back memories. Now does
anyone remember anything about the Thorne-Loomis trucks and
the journeys they made?
In 1939 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our Thorne-Loomis
trucks with a ten-week trip to the Pacific Coast with eleven
girls and ten boys, (as we thought of ourselves in those days)
led by Sam and Elizabeth Harby. I've been reading my old diaries,
kept for the Personnel Dept. to insure credit for the trip.
Does anyone else have his or her diary? Isn't this all part
of the Antioch history which we are celebrating?" Friends
write to 953 Dogwood Dr., Murphys, CA 95247 or email ahorvath@
goldrush.com
Janet L. Gleeson '41 writes:
"Just wanted you to know that there are a few other alums
from the forties so I am making a list of people who entered
in the fall of 1936 and with whom I am still in touch: Betty
Beale Makin '41, Virginia Brown Lowe '41, Bronson P. Clark
'41, G.W. Erickson '42, John K. Jacobs '48, and Betty Ann
Link Webster '41. There is also Lilla
Giardini Horneij '41, who was a transfer; plus
Donald Bacon '39, a friend of my sister Adelaide
'39 who entered in 1934.
After the death of my husband, Karl
K. Gleeson '42, I moved to Lexington to be near my
son and his family. Scott is an associate professor of biology
at the University of Kentucky." Friends write: 177 Kentucky
Ave, Lexington, KY 40502.
Robert R. Cruse '42 writes: "The
Fall 2003 Antiochian indicated interest in receiving memories
of one sort or another regarding Yellow Springs, host village.
For what they may be worth, the following are from my era,
1937-42. I came from Tucson, Arizona after hearing about Antioch
in a roundabout way, and Susan Fralik asked me to retain that
origin in the catalog listing of students, despite the fact
that I voted in Ohio in 1941.
Pictures, pp. 8-9. The Antioch School we knew as Mills House,
at the corner of Xenia Ave. and Limestone St., with a big
front lawn spread in front. We last saw it quartered out at
the old Fels House.
Young's Jersey Dairy - believe it was located towards or
near Springfield. Very good milk.
Little Art Theatre - same location, Little Theatre, owned
by Mr. Dick (?) Dennison. Largely a one-man operation, but
choice and classic movies showed there. Admission, 25 cents.
Ye Olde Trail Tavern - dates from way back. Braunschweiger
sandwiches went up from 10 cents to 15 cents; Carlings Ale,
likewise. Doing a land office business when we passed by recently.
Recollect two beer joints, the Glen Café and the Savoy
(latter burned down at daybreak on the coldest day of 1942
- firemen said it was like throwing ice cubes at the fire).
Adjoining buildings saved. The Glen Café, sandwiches
10 cents, draft beer also a dime. One other restaurant - forget
the name - but one time chef custom-roasted a hind quarter
of elk shipped in from Montana, and served the residents of
Viking Hall (October - November 1937).
Grocery Stores - most people went to Albers in Springfield.
There was a Kroger store (one clerk; he picked out what you
wanted from the shelf - no self-serve - tallied the items
on a piece of paper, added in his head and made change from
a locked drawer in the counter). One other, Ma and Pa place,
Brenner's, specialty, farm fresh meats; but had the distinction
of being the only place I ever saw where you could buy one
egg (seven cents) or one pound of sugar or flour (14 cents
each), or similar individual items.
Drug stores - Finley's excelled in home-style ice cream (six
scoops) softened; also the Devil's Delight Heavy Chocolate
make-up. Also for Rx drugs, and competing soda fountain, Erbaugh's.
Transportation - Yellow Springs was the most accessible town
of its size I ever knew. Two major railroads nine miles either
way; and a milk run passenger train on the Pennsylvania running
between Springfield and Chicago. Arrival time, 8:10 AM, departure
time 9:43 PM. You could set your watch by the latter. All
music and dramatic entertainment shut down when the later
went thru, and the YS Opera House closed up until the train
was out of hearing. You wouldn't believe a three-car train
could make that much racket. Greyhound buses and a shuttle
bus between Springfield and Xenia every hour (fare, 25 cents).
You could fly from Vandalia, but airlines were in their infancy.
My first flight, 1943, Columbus to Tucson. 12 hours, many
stops, DC-3.
Drama and music highlights - A number of Gilbert and Sullivan
operettas, era highlight was The Gondolier in the spring of
1942. Basil Pillard's dream had been to present this opus;
that spring he had all the necessary personnel, including
three tenors, three sopranos, two basses and a competent orchestra,
and a dance duo. The performance was so outstanding they had
to give several extra runs - audiences came from Chicago;
to this day the dance done by Terry Kuper and Leonard Tornheim
(math professor) is vividly recalled. The Canadian group I
have a tape of didn't do nearly as well. Haven't seen or heard
anything as good since. Also presented were The Mikado, Yeomen
of the Guard, and I think Iolanthe in the inimitable Antioch
freestyle manor. Summer theatre also given, I was in Waiting
for Lefty one time (audience voice).
Diarrhea was the local malady - seems as though most everyone
got it. After the ASTP acquired it, and departed, the "Chief"
Federighi, biology professor and pre-med advisor decided that
was enough. He visited the site of the Yellow Springs water
supply, and found a hog pen smack on top of the village well.
Mayor Leo Hughes was summoned pronto and the matter remedied.
Antioch used to supply the village with power from a coal-fired
plant consisting of two 150KW reciprocation steam engines.
I was working the powerhouse one time and witnessed the eccentric
drive of one engine break from metal fatigue - quite a racket.
We had a local college blackout for perhaps a month until
matters were straightened out. A new V-6 diesel generator
was being installed at the time.
The Antioch Tea Room (Inn) had a regional, if not national
reputation for its Vichysoisse (leek and potato soup). Ford
Times magazine ran the recipe and a feature on the Inn one
time. I ate at Morgan House and was Sunday Cook for my last
two years. NYA income covered it all.
Noted with interest about Edwin (Eddie) Foos. Knew him well;
he was always looking for a fourth for bridge and dragged
me out of bed on several occasions to play. One time, we hooked
up with Lucille King-Sternberg and the caretaker of the Whitehall
Farms, Nick Baklanoff. That foursome met for nearly two years
at Whitehall Farms, with Nick making fabulous Russian dinners;
and getting married to Lucille. I got them to Columbus after
I graduated - Nick got a good job at Battelle. One son, Vladimir.
Medical - I used to consider the Medical Fee of $5 a semester
as an unneeded expense. I used it once, maybe, outpatient,
but was always on the ragged edge financially. Dr. Wingfield
referred to Antioch one time as "…a most diabolical
place…" With 20/20 hindsight, that was dirt-cheap
health insurance. By contrast, I paid the last $10 I owed
to Antioch the week I graduated. The Blues insurance is now
of the order of $600+ per month, and went up this year.
Despite the Opera House's shortcomings, I think it deserved
a National Historical listing. It did have one of the best
lighting-electrical systems anywhere around, thanks to Antioch's
EE majors. One of a kind strictly. City jail in basement was
very gloomy.
My parents opposed my attending; they didn't have the money
anyway. $150 a semester was a lot of tuition in the period
(University of Arizona, free). I felt Antioch was superior
to Arizona in that if there was some odd job they had, they
could assign it to me - and did, often. As a result, when
I needed to change jobs, I could and did. I never had to draw
unemployment compensation. If I wasn't familiar with an assignment,
a fast trip to the library was in order. As Frau Broda said:
Hals und Beinbruch!" Friends write: 14224 Foliage Court,
Midlothian VA, 23112
Lois Pitkin Booth '45 writes:
"Husband and wife team won Martin Luther King Jr. award
for peace work. At 87 (Don) and 81 (Lois), we are both well
- spending winters in a retirement community but most of the
year in Canterbury, New Hampshire and working for peace almost
every day. On Sundays we take two of our great-grandchildren
to Quaker meetings with us. We have nine grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren."
George Crall '46 writes: "I
left Antioch in the Spring of 1943 and went into the Army.
In 1945, after the war, I entered West Point and was graduated
in 1949, whereupon I went into the Marine Corps as a 2nd Lt.
Too old for a regular commission, I got out in 1953 and went
to work for Procter & Gamble, Ralson Purina, ITT-Sheraton,
then became President of C F Braun, a major engineering construction
firm. Am now consulting. After leaving Antioch, the only contact
with classmates was with Bob Kammler
'46 who is now among the departed. Visited Antioch
some years ago and called on George Geiger." Friends
email gmcrall@sbcglobal.net
Margaret E. Barton Miller '46
writes: "As a mother of five, and now grandmother of
12, and former teacher, specialist, etc. (a new career - a
midlife/single parent), I have been interested in following
the changes in education. Five grandchildren have graduated
from universities as diverse as Harvard, MIT, Syracuse, NYU,
Macallester. One now in the Peace Corp, Dominican Republic;
one to Washington Law school; one to Penn State PhD in astronomy;
one a National Park Ranger at US Virgin Islands; one with
AmeriCorp working with Indian tribe in Minnesota; and one
to medical school. Undergraduate, two at the University of
Washington, one at University of Warwick in England (where
he lives), one at Bennington, Vermont, two still in high school.
They all came out of strong families and 8 had Waldorf School
experience. Most of all they are young people who care about
making a difference for others. I find their enthusiasm inspiring.
I am impressed with the proposals and am very glad the Board
of Trustees is making the effort to address Antioch's future."
Liz Seder '48 writes: "The
presentation ceremony of the Eighteenth Annual Henry
Paley '49 Memorial Award by the National Association
of Independent Colleges and Universities took place at the
meeting of the NAICU in Washington DC on February 4. The program
noted: 'Named for Henry Paley, president of the Commission
on Independent Colleges and Universities of New York from
1975 until his death in 1984, the award recognizes an individual
who embodies his spirit of unfailing service to the students
and faculty of independent higher education.' The conference
was also the occasion for a mini-reunion of several friends
with Cabot Barber '48. Guests
at dinner enjoyed hours of reminiscing about Antioch, they
were Charlotte Harrison Young '50
and Kenneth Young '50, Mary
Russ Mahan '48, with her daughter Connie, Donald
F. Farwell '47 and his wife Carol, and Elizabeth
McNemar Seder '48."
Nancy Young Stone '48 writes:
"How much I have enjoyed the last two Antiochians!!!
I like the new format, so much easier to handle. I like getting
it a little more often. And in particular I loved the last
issue with all the memory-inducing pictures of Yellow Springs
and the Antioch of my day.
Working in the Tea Room for Kenny Hamilton was a great experience
and one I treasure. (The important thing was to get there
in time to get a uniform that pretty much fit. If it had all,
or most of, its buttons that was a significant bonus. At least
those dresses were always clean!)
Did you know …I suppose you did… that sometime
between 1943 and 1948 (the years I was a student) the Antioch
Tea room was listed in Duncan Hines' Adventures in Good Eating?
This was a popular restaurant guide published by the man who
later started making all those yummy packaged cake mixes.
Perhaps that listing accounted for the Tea Room's popularity
with the public, but we loved it as a place of social association,
hilarious if your roommates happened to be seated in your
section!
One other Yellow Springs/Antioch memory: My husband, Bill
Stone '49, had a co-op job at the Antioch Bookplate
Company. It didn't matter that he was just running a small
job press printing plastic bookmarks, what mattered was the
opportunity to work closely in a small printing business,
which is what he and I established after graduation. The Antioch
Bookplate Company was also where Bill printed a small first
edition of Ed Fisher's '49 cartoons.
This was a kind of after hours, under the table activity,
and I don't know whether Ernest Morgan
'29 knew about it or not!"
Fred Woodress '48 recently auditioned
for the part of Charles Dean, the undertaker in the Tom Cruise-produced
film, Elizabethtown. Since retiring
as Professor of Journalism at Ball State University, Woodress
has pursued a career in acting. He has appeared in several
local commercials and student films. His facial hair often
determines whether or not he gets a role. In an article appearing
in the Louisville Courier-Journal,
he says, "When they send our/their 'old guys and girls'
for auditions, and the talent scouts want an old guy with
a beard, I get the job." His beard has cost him work,
too. He explains, "I once drove all the way from Muncie
to Louisville - a 300-mile round trip - for a Papa John's
commercial portraying John's grandfather. 'No facial hair!'
the casting director barked, and sent me home."
Since retirement, Woodress also served as the chair of a
contract faculty group advocating change in Ball State's retirement
policy. After a five-year campaign, the group saw the Indiana
House pass a bill in their favor. The retirement policy was
changed so that contract faculty retiring after 15 years received
full medical and dental benefits. Woodress was not grandfathered
in, but he still appreciates the victory achieved by his hard
work.
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David M. Balzer '51
writes: "Dear Fellow Alumni: This is notice of a change
in address. For close to 20 years we've been living in an
empty nest surrounded by trees. Most are maple or wild cherry;
a few are tired apple trees, remnants of a small orchard next
to the creek; some are pine oak, spruce and fir that we planted
or encouraged to grow on the hillside in the hope that mowing
the grass would be a less demanding chore. (A vain hope -
the yard got us in pretty good shape for all those years and
we went through three power mowers in that time.)
Now it seemed a good time to move. The children who used
to live in our nest have all moved far away. Ned and his family
are in Oakland, California. He's managing the outreach portion
of a small computer company that serves governmental functions
overseas. Ben is a student in the Oakland schools where Margie
continues to work in the special eduation department. Joel
is in pre-school. Nimmy is an oncologist in the Fox Chase
Cancer Center and Peter works in the oncology and pharmacology
departments at the University of Pennsylvania. 15-month-old
Ashling helps to keep them both very busy. Dan is a foreign
service officer in Ethiopia. His assignment is to oversee
environmental projects in east Africa and the western part
of the Indian Ocean. You can see why we moved, with no one
in our original family living within 500 miles of us.
We've moved into a three-bedroom apartment about three miles
from Foulkeways, a community to which we'll move again toward
the end of next summer when the two-bedroom apartment is completed.
Foulkeways is a Quaker retirement village, which promotes
values that we feel very comfortable with. Our present apartment
is a little too small for us, but we have time to get rid
of some things we don't really need, like a chain-saw, a typewriter,
some books.
Leaving the Toledo area was not easy for us. Selling the
house, packing and moving mostly by ourselves seemed to take
forever. But now it's done. We'll miss all those people at
Park Church and in the World Affairs discussion group. Those
friends who worked with us on taxes at libraries and senior
centers and at H&R Block. We'll miss those special people
we met and worked with in the SIDS group and in Playback Theatre.
Those people we worked with in the University of Toledo and
Ohio AAUP and the OCSS. The close neighborhood friends who
worked with us in political campaigns and garage sales. The
Toledo Metro Parks - Wildwood, Swan Creek, Secor, Oak Openings.
Now, we're ready for the next series of adventures. We're
eager to hear from you, and see you again whenever it suits
you. We're at 5202 N. Plantation Court, North Wales, PA 15454;
dbalzer@utnet. utoledo.edu."
Peter Koltnow '51 and his wife
Dorothy Koltnow were featured in the October 2003 addition
of the Smithsonian Magazine.
The article is part of America on the Move, an exhibit at
the National Museum of History that explores the role of transportation
in American history. The exhibit depicts Peter's cross-country
travels when he was a 21-year-old engineering student from
Antioch College.
Bethy Py-Lieberman writes: "Koltnow had a job on an
irrigation project waiting in Yuma, Arizona, but he had no
money, so hitchhiking the 18-foot-wide, 2,448-mile-long Route
66 was the way to get there. During his three-day trip, he
sent six cards to Dot, who kept them all. The postcard chronicle
of their summer love story (they were married that fall) is
one of several tales about that well-traveled road in a new
exhibition, America on the Move, at the National Museum of
American History."
Peter is 74 years old and has been married 53 years. The
couple has two daughters and six grandchildren.
Holly Hopewell Meyer '54 writes:
"We had a reunion with Phyllis Thorne
'54 and Maury Thorne '52
at John Fischer's and Jennie Braddock
Fischer's '54 home last November.
Jane Ring Trout '54 and her husband David Trout were
there. Holly Hopewell Meyer '54
and Bob Meyer '53, Phyllis, Jennie,
Jane and Holly all lived together in Chicago during co-op
jobs in the 50s."
Hannah Goldrich '55 writes: "I
am a graduate of 1955 and am having a 50-year Jewelry Retrospective
show in the town where my husband and I have lived for 40
years. I took my first jewelry class at Antioch and have been
working ever since, while raising four children and enjoying
six grandchildren. My pieces are mainly one of a kind and
I have a faithful clientele in Oregon who appreciate and buy
my work. It's been a good life." Hannah's show opened
at the Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Performing Arts Center in
Eugene, Oregon on April 16 and ran until April 28, 2004.
Alan Gartner '56 was appointed
by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to chair the Charter
Revision Commission. The Commission has been working on a
proposal which would eliminate political party primaries for
mayor, City Council and other city offices. This proposal
would allow all voters to participate in two rounds of nonpartisan
elections every fall.
Mark I. Harrison '57 has been
selected to chair a Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model
Code of Judicial Conduct to review the ABA's model ethics
code for judges and to recommend revisions for possible adoption
in February 2005, according to American Bar Association President
Dennis W. Archer Jr.
The commission includes judges and experts in the field of
judicial and legal ethics, and is a joint project of the ABA
Standing Committee on Judicial Independence and the ABA Standing
Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.
Harrison, a past president of both the State Bar of Arizona
and the Arizona Bar Foundation, pledged to start work immediately,
and to seek the perspectives of the public and of lawyers
and judges in evaluating whether the current code provides
sufficient guidance, or how it might be improved.
The commission will hold public hearings across the country
during 2004. Harrison said he plans to issue a preliminary
report for comment in the fall of 2004, and a final report
for consideration by the ABA House of Delegates the following
February.
Mr. Harrison, a Harvard Law School graduate, is past President
of the Maricopa County Bar, the State Bar of Arizona, the
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, the Association of
Professional Responsibility Lawyers and the University of
Arizona Law College Association Board of Directors. He is
a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Group and has
devoted a significant part of this practice and professional
activities to ethics and malpractice prevention.
In 1995, Harrison received the Michael Franck Professional
Responsibility Award from the American Bar Association and
in 2002, he received the Walter E. Craig Distinguished Service
Award from the Arizona Bar Foundation - a lifetime achievement
award to honor an attorney who has adhered to the highest
principles and traditions of the legal profession and served
the public in the community in which he or she lives.
Robert (Bob) Bakeman '58 writes:
"I became a full-time retiree in January of 1997. I lost
my wife of 37 years to a heart attack on October 18 of 1996.
On September 11, of 1997, I, with my 12-year-old dog, Jiggs,
moved to Washington state. In August of 1998, I remarried
and moved again. Our dogs, Jiggs and Shannon became great
friends but died in January and September of 1999. I'm planning
to make the Alumni Reunion in 2004 and hope to see many of
my old friends there!" Friends write to: 9688 Long Pointe
Lane NW, Silverdale, WA 98383 or email rbbkmn@aol.com.
John E. (Jack) Bregger '58 writes:
"I genuinely appreciated reading the latest edition of
the Antiochian,
replete as it was with a history of Antioch and Yellow Springs
spanning 150 years and lots of interesting information about
students and faculty, past and present. It enabled me to recall
fond memories of student life from 1954-58 there, such as
being the worst waiter ever in the Antioch Tea Room, avoiding
Gegner's barber shop in favor of the black-operated shop further
down the road (great for a good southern boy), and having
beer and pizza (the latter the first I had ever experienced)
at Ye Olde Trail Tavern. I believe that I qualified for the
worst waiter title (self-imposed) when I caused an entire
table to be late for afternoon classes and received a 7-cent
tip for my efforts. After that, I returned to working in the
cafeteria! Ah, those were truly the days.
I have been retired for eight years now from my position
of Assistant Commissioner at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics,
where I oversaw the analysis and publication of the national,
state and local statistics on the labor force. That was a
true "labor" of love. Once in a while, I even wrote
articles on such subjects as self-employment in the US, measuring
unemployment, and the like for the Monthly
Labor Review. Currently, in addition to being a house
husband in support of my wife Joan and a managing librarian
here in the City of Tacoma, I once in a while undertake interesting
consulting assignments to assist other countries - including
Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Suriname, and several Caribbean
island countries -with their labor force surveys and analysis
of those data and also contributed significantly to an International
Labor Organization's volume on Key Indicators of the Labor
Market. What a great life!
I should add that I recently had a fun conversation with
Melody Mackowiak '06, a second-year
student from Chicago, who called and asked for a pledge.
I hope and trust that most current Antiochians meet her level
of scholarship and enthusiasm.
With best wishes, Jack Bregger." Friends write to 3711
N. 13th Street, Tacoma, WA 98406.
George Geer '59 writes: "The
College celebration of 150 years takes me back to my first
years at Antioch when we celebrated 100 years. The students
(some eagerly) had a lighter view of this as they made off
with all of the toilet seats from the girls' North Hall dorm
and we crossed campus to see them in the morning sky strung
between the famous towers. More important was the community
support of girls from North Hall after the fire, including
24-hour security for the girls sleeping in the gym."
Evelyn David McKenney '59 and
her husband Al McKenney were recently featured in the Daily
Press of Williamsburg, Virginia. Evelyn is a retired
teacher, writer, course developer and instructional systems
designer, but the article focused on their volunteer work
at the Crossroads Community Youth Home, which serves teens
who are troubled or come from troubled families. The couple
created a network of computers in the Crossroads classroom
and installed academic tutorial software and games. The software
provides students with individualized tutoring and hands-on
instruction. The couple spends about eight hours a week in
the Crossroads classroom. On April 15, 2003, the couple received
an Outstanding Volunteer Award from the New York Board of
Supervisors who recognize volunteers who serve York County
government departments and agencies every year.
Jim Stoner '59 had a wonderful
time teaching in the MBA program at the International University
of Japan for ten weeks in January - March. He "carried
coal to New Castle" as an American teaching quality management
in Japan. He then returned to Fordham's Graduate School of
Business where he is Professor of Management Systems and occupies
the James A. F. Stoner Chair in Global Quality Leadership,
a chair endowed by an ex-student, consulting client, and friend
Brent Martini and his father Bob Martini. This fall one of
his courses is a seminar entitled Management, Spirituality,
and Organizational Excellence.
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Edward Ifft '60
writes: " I have retired from the State Department after
35 years of trying to save the world through arms control
(plus two years credit for a co-op job with the government).
There were very exciting and rewarding experiences in Washington
and overseas, along with some frustrations, and I ended up
as the last US Commissioner for the ABM Treaty until the US
withdrew from the Treaty last year. I have now been recalled
by the State Department to work part time on some projects,
and I am also doing a little teaching, along with some consulting
in Europe."
Mark Pinsky '62 was honored on
October 18, 2003 at the 25th Midwest Probability Colloquium
for his organization of this annual mathematics conference
held at Northwestern University, where he has taught since
1968. Tangible recognition came in the form of a case of French
wine and a larger than life greeting card signed by the 75
participants present. Other recent news includes a lecture
series in Japan in September 2003 and the reprinting of his
textbook Partial Differential Equations
and Boundary Problems by Wereland Press earlier in
the year.
Elliot R. Chernin '63 writes:
"…I wanted to pass on my instant memories when I
saw the page of buildings in the Antiochian. I was a transfer
in and ultimately a transfer out. Anyway, one of my old dorm
mates, Hughes Moir '62 by name,
hated the Little Art Theatre, which always ran pictures with
neither a beginning nor an ending. Hughes was a literalist
who searched out fellow Californians by observing patrons
in a restaurant to see who ate their salad first. That, apparently,
was the litmus test. Ye Olde Trail tavern, where one of the
partners was a fellow by the name of Shep, who, being an ex-marine,
took care of us ex-GIs by extending credit between GI Bill
of Rights money. My other favorite haunt, alas now gone, Com's,
where Goldie took care of us by adding extra pieces of fried
chicken to those who ate the chicken with their fingers. Ah,
college."
Jill Guernsey de Zapien '64 writes:
"I've been in Arizona since 1984 and am presently the
Associate Dean of Community Programs at the University of
Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health.
Antonio and I continue to work bi-nationally, both children
- Ivan and Rebecca - are married and we have one grandchild,
Pilar Zapien, born November 14, 2003. Would love to connect
with friends." Write: 2841 E. Arroyo Chico, Tucson, Arizona
85716 or email dezapien@u.arizona.edu
Jorma Kaukonen '64 and his partner,
Vanessa, run the Fur Peace Ranch, a guitar camp in Meigs County,
Ohio. Kaukonen is a member of the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame,
former member of Jefferson Airplane and currently of Hot Tuna.
The 119-acre Fur Peace runs four-day camps from April through
November taught by Jorma, Jack Casady and other noted musicians.
The camp also hosts Saturday night concerts and the Holiday
Bazaar local art show. Jorma is the 2004 recipient of the
Rebecca Rice Award.
David Littman '64 - chief economist
and senior vice president of Comerica Inc., Michigan's largest
bank holding company - recently won the prestigious Lawrence
R. Klein award for Blue Chip Forecast Accuracy at the University
Club in New York.
Pam Coulter Blehert '65 showed
a painting in the 2003 Open Exhibition at the Verizon Gallery
of Northern Virginia Community College. She also participated
in the Bethesda Row Arts Festival; The Art League of Alexandria
Show at the Torpedo Factory; and the League of Reston Artists
annual show at the US Geological Survey National Center where
her painting, Universal Liquor, won an Equal Merit award.
Anna Dreilinger '65 writes: "I'm
working as a director of clinical labs at UCSD Medical Center;
Chips is retired to full-time curator of his own plant collection,
assisted by Jed (golden-lab)."
Jemison Faust '65 showed her
paintings at the Bromfield Art Gallery in Boston, March 3-27.
She is also part of the group show at the Newport Art Museum
in Newport, Rhode Island, where she lives. She continues to
work as a professional organizer and is a member of the national
organizing group (NAPO) and the New England group (NEPO).
Bernard Guyer '65 received the
2003 Martha May Elliot Award for his achievements in the field
of maternal and child health. Guyer's work has helped improve
infant and children access to health care, as well as studying
topics such as infant mortality, poor immunization coverage
and injury. Currently, Guyer is chair of the Johns Hopkins
School of Hygiene and Public Health Department of Population
and Family Health Science.
David McNeil '65 is back in California
after his second sabbatical in Florence, Italy. In preparation
for retirement, despite his busy teaching and faculty governance
schedule, he is buying a small house in Tuscany. Friends should
send him an email at dmcneil@sjsu.edu
Karen Jorgensen Sheaffer '65
writes: "The latest issue of Antiochian arrived today
and I had been intending to send a news note since February,
2003, when my freshman hall, the 'Gibbs Girls of '60' had
a reunion at Diane Wallace Wolf's '65
in Santa Barbara. Well, I guess it is better late than never.
Of the nine of us in touch, seven attended the reunion. Marti
Moorer Laurent '65, who lives in England and Janet
Clark Elfring '65 in Beijing, China didn't attend and
were greatly missed. In the 42 years since we began Antioch,
we had changed not much and lots. We had a great time reconnecting,
cooking, eating, being in hot water again (Diane has a hot
tub) and enjoying walks on the beach and hikes in the hills.
We reflected on the fact that our children are now well past
the age of when we had met that freshman year. After the reunion,
someone with greater computer skills than I, created a web
site where we can keep in touch and post e-mails. To reach
any of us, you can e-mail gibbsgirls@yahoo groups.com."
Miriyam (Myra) Glazer '66 married
Anthony Elman in a joyous outdoor ceremony at the University
of Judaism in Los Angeles, on September 5, 2003. Miriyam and
Anthony met in Jerusalem this past year, while she was on
sabbatical - she is professor of literature and chair of the
Literature and Communications Department - and completing
her third year of rabbinical studies at the Schechter Center
for Jewish Studies. Anthony is an English psychotherapist
who was also studying in Jerusalem, where he had made his
home. After summering in England, they've settled in Santa
Monica, California. Miriyam's new books are Dancing
on the Edge of the World: Jewish Studies of Faith, Inspiration,
and Love; Dreaming the Actual:
Contemporary Fiction and Poetry by Israeli Women Writers;
The Bedside Torah (with Bradley
Shavit Artson) - and, coming out from Harper-Collins in March
2004, The Essential Book of Jewish
Festival Cooking, on which she collaborated with her
sister, Phyllis Glazer, an Israeli food writer. Miriyam and
Phyllis were the subjects of a major story in Israel's leading
newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, in September. Miriyam is now in
her fourth year of studies for the Conservative rabbinate
- and, since coming to California, Anthony has become a rabbinical
student at the Academy for the Jewish Religion in Los Angeles.
"I still use Nick Muska's Translytics in my Creative
Writing Class," she says, and wonders if anyone knows
where Sue Williams is! Email: miriyamglazer@earthlink.net
Karen Sutherland '67 writes:
"I'm an organic (noncertified) fruits, roots, vegetables
and herbs farmer in tropical Dominica, reviving and reclaiming
from vines and elephant grass an abandoned mountainside rainforest
farm that had been mostly planted to citrus, bananas, avocado,
tannias, yams, coconuts, and cassava. My Dominican partner
and I have planted a much greater diversity of crops which
we sell both wholesale and retail through a variety of venues,
including email.
Dominica is drop dead gorgeous, mostly wild and has clean
sweet air, which allows me to live free and productively again
after having developed Multiple Chemical Sensitivities from
workplace exposure in the early 90's. Downside is distance
from family (including two grown/ever growing sons) and friends.
Charles K. Moore III '68 writes:
"Back in local government - Town Manager of Mount Jackson,
VA. Hoping friends can come see us in the beautiful Shenandoah
Valley." Friends write: PO Box 613 Mount Jackson, VA
22842, mtjacktm@ shentel.net
Judy Miller '69 writes: "I
thought after retiring from 30 years of art teaching/therapy,
I would have time to write you all sooner. Moving from DC
and honing my design and construction skills, we have built
our third dream house - this one in the mountains of Virginia.
I watercolor paint and help Steve (he only plays the clarinet
in his sleep now) with his artisan bakery, On The Rise. The
perennial garden is a youngster but shows promise. Having
two girls in school, Tess at Medical school at the University
of Washington and Nadia at Hollins University, makes me yearn
to be back on Red Square folk dancing without a care in this
world. Friends email: Jthartmn@aol.com.
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Howie Gordon '70
writes: "I was jolted out of a sleepy haze by a booming
voice that I hadn't heard in over thirty years: Patrick
Morrow '71. If you knew Patrick, there was no mistaking
that voice. In a career that climaxed as an Assistant Community
Manager of the College in the late 60s, he once ruled over
Antioch like a playful leprechaun on mescaline. Who else ever
used community funds to throw keg parties for the maids? And
now, like earthquake fresh from a time warp, there was that
voice again... booming away downstairs in my own Berkeley
home - telling outrageous lies to my own children about their
father. Yoi. That's like 'oi,' only worse!
You think you're done with Antioch, but you're not. It's
a life sentence. Pat and his family had bought a house just
down the street from us and all of a sudden, my kitchen had
turned into the C-Shop West.
'Jazzburger, no name!'
But it's actually great having Patrick back in my life. It
reminds me that there's still time to win a few more victories
for humanity.
Friends write to: 2233 McKinley Ave., Berkeley, CA 94703 or
email: Bardook@earthlink.net
John Hill '70 writes: "Greetings
Alma Mater! I have a story to add to David Allen's interesting
'Folk Dancing at Antioch.' In addition to being part of the
dancing mobs on Red Square during the 60s, I took my copy
of those dance tunes with me on co-op to New Orleans and led
weekly dances in the French Quarter and the Desire Housing
Project.This must have been in '64 or '65. Salty Dog!"
The Sundance Channel acquired two films made in Yellow Springs,
Gravel and The
Dream Catcher. Both were produced by
Julia Reichert '70 and one film, Gravel also stars
Louise Smith '77. Gravel premiered
on Sundance October 12, 2003, and was screened throughout
the month. The Dream Catcher premiered December 13, 2003 and
will show through 2004. The Dream Catcher
appeared in 23 international film festivals and received strong
reviews. Gravel will be showing
at 18 film festivals.
Dave Wilbur '70 recently won
three awards from the West Virginia Press Association. As
sports editor for the Moorefeld Examiner, Wilbur earned a
first place for sports writing (weekly newspaper level) in
2002. In addition, he earned third place awards for sports
photography and sports page layout. In addition to his sports
writing for the newspaper, Dave has worked for Hardy County
Schools as Attendance Director and substitute teacher since
1997. He can be reached at dwilbur@access.k12. wv.us or P.O.
Box 21, Baker, WV 26801.
Joe and Betsy Bacon '72 write:
"Recent Antioch graduate Jesse Bacon
'00 married Kavey Eals in Seattle, June 15, 2003. Daughter
Maya, graduate from UW, Madison, in May and is trying to take
Manhattan by storm. Daughter Hannah is a sophomore at Earlham
College. Our tree farm has grown to 700 acres and 60,000 trees,
and is home to a black bear and numerous coyotes and turkeys."
Friends write to: N6802 190th Street, Spring Valley, WI 54767
J. W. Carter '72 won the Lorenzo,
Illinois, Magnifico Prize fifth place, at the International
Biennale of Contemporary Art of Florence competition, on December
12, 2003.
The Florence Biennale - of the City of Florence, Italy -
is the world's most comprehensive exhibition of contemporary
art, representing 891 artists from 72 countries. The international
jury was made up of ten authoritative critics of modern and
contemporary art and curators of leading contemporary art
museums from The US, Spain, UK, Austria, Italy, and Mexico.
Mr. Carter, Maryland resident, has produced art in a variety
of media for more than 15 years. He has had more than 50 personal
exhibitions in five countries. He has won international competitions
before, including, the UNESCO award to create the American
Peace Monument in Ravenna, Italy.
Christopher Kendall '72 and Robert
Eisenstein '74, from the Folger Consort, artistically
directed an unusual musical concert in the Washington National
Cathedral. "Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day," is music
describing music, honoring the saint of music. This performance
included a variety of experimental rhythmic interplay.
Michael P. Keroczko '72 writes:
"Other than coping with a progressively debilitating
fatal nerve disease, life in exile here in Minnesota ain't
all that bad. My 25 years machining performance engines in
California may be paying off, as the natives here tell me
the winters are getting warmer." Friends write to PO
Box 7417, Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350.
Richard E. (Rick) Morgan '72
has been appointed to a four-year term on the Public Service
Commission of the District of Columbia. The three-member panel,
appointed by D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, regulates gas, electric,
and telephone utilities in the nation's capital.
Morgan began his career in utilities and energy policy through
Antioch co-op jobs at advocacy groups in New Mexico and Ohio.
Moving to Washington in 1973, he helped launch the utility
project of the Environmental Action Foundation. At EAF, Morgan
co-authored several books, including How
To Challenge Your Local Electric Utility: A Citizen's Guide
to the Power Industry.
After 15 years as an environmental and consumer advocate,
Morgan joined the staff of the D.C. P.S.C. for five years.
He has spent the past 12 years with the federal government,
serving as a liaison to state utility regulators for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of
Energy.
Morgan's candidacy for P.S.C. commissioner received support
from local community, labor, and environmental organizations.
Besides protecting the interests of District of Columbia residents,
Morgan seeks to encourage energy efficiency and renewable
energy development as an alternative to conventional power
generation.
"I've spent over 30 years telling utility regulators
what to do," noted Morgan upon his appointment. "Now
I'll find out what it's like to be on the receiving end."
Paul Hansen '75, Antioch grad
and currently the Executive Director for the Izaak Walton
League of America will give this year's Ken Hunt Memorial
Lecture. The Ken Hunt Memorial Lecture recognizes the outstanding
work of the Glen's first director, Ken Hunt.
Jeffrey Kyff '75 writes: "On
June 30, 2003, I was awarded the degree of Master of Aeronautical
Science with dual specialization's in Human Factors in Aviation
Systems and Aviation, Aerospace Safety Systems, from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. I also
continue to practice as an anesthesiologist while serving
as an FAA designated Aviation Medical Examiner and teach flying
in Traverse City, Michigan. I would love to hear from old
friends and acquaintances." Email: baron138Q@aol.com
Dan Miller '75 writes: "Hello
to the few that remember me as I entered Antioch as a third
year transfer. Seems as if every five years or so I place
this notice and I get no response. Currently, I have been
a social worker for 25 years, last 15 in private practice.
Enjoying life and live near Rochester, New York. Email address
is dmiller65@earthlink.net."
Jean Smith '75 writes: "After
working on detail as medical Officer for EPI; Polio Eradication
to the World Health Organization in India (1995-98) and Nepal
(1998-2003), I have returned to the CDC in Atlanta. I am living
here with my five-year-old adopted Nepali daughter, Srijana."
Jean can be reached at 290 Heaton Park Drive, Decatur, GA
30030-1029
Douglas Brodoff '77 writes: "Dear
Friends, I am alive and well and living the ex-pat life in
Paris. I escaped Los Angeles and the American Health care
system after a heart attack and bypass surgery landed me bankrupt
and living in my car in beautiful Santa Monica.
Paris is better. Writing my film history articles. Painting
and photographing the street cleaners and garbage men of Paris
is turning into a giant multimedia project. Still hoping to
find some funding for these things I do. Still hoping to find
a nice woman. Charlie Doering '77
and his wife stopped by for a visit and we had a great time
drinking at a cafe terrace. I would love to hear from old
friends."
Sally Greenberg '76 writes: "I
want to relate a REAL Antioch story. I arrived in my office
one morning early and flipped on NPR. Alex Chapwick was reporting
from the 'Radio Expeditions' in Central African Republic.
He interviewed elephant researcher Andrea Turkallo who he
said had been living there since 1990 or so. 'Andrea
Turkello '75!' I said. She was my good friend at Antioch.
I've wondered what became of her many times. I called NPR,
got her email address in Africa and she and I have corresponded
by satellite ever since!" Friends write to: 5354 42nd
Place NW, Washington, DC 20015 or email greesa@consumer.org
Maxine Williams-Knox '77, President
and CEO of Knox Enterprises, Inc. in Wilmington, has been
named a National Founding Partner of Women Impacting Public
Policy (WIPP), the largest US bipartisan women's business
group.
Williams-Knox and her company have been providing solutions
to organizations as a way of improving their bottom line for
over five years. Also, she is an adjunct professor at Wilmington
College and Delaware University Schools of Business. Williams-Knox
holds an MA degree in Management and Administration with a
concentration in organizational behavior and development from
Antioch University in Philadelphia. She serves on several
boards in a volunteer capacity, including Past Regional President
of the 900-membership base Region II Government Organization.
Williams-Knox is a member of NAWBO-Delaware and serves on
the its Public Policy Committee.
Jody Rosenbloom '78 writes: "So
far, 2003 has been a good year as we settled into our sixth
year in Western Massachusetts. Husband, Joel Kaminsky earned
tenure in the Department of Religion and Biblical Literature
at Smith College. I received one of four 2003 Harold Grinspoon
Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education in Western Massachusetts.
The recently published The Ultimate
Jewish Teacher's Handbook (edited by Nechama Skolnik
Moskowitz and published by ARE: Denver) that includes a chapter
I wrote on the Teacher/Principal Relationship. New household
member, Heftzibah, our Aussie herding pup is zealously embracing
adolescence and our spare time is spent in the garden!"
Larry Wolfe '78 has been teaching
for 25 years. He is transitioning into a second career, finishing
with a Massage Therapy program in Portland, Oregon. Before
taking this leap, he and his wife are taking a 6-month sabbatical
and traveling to Central America. To contact Larry send a
message to lobothree@ yahoo.com
Heather Fauth '79 writes: "Happily
married for 20 years, living life to its fullest in California's
Central Coast. Furthering my biology degree with medicinal
herb studies, Earthwatch volunteer trips, and scientific illustration
classes. Retired early to raise exotic lizards, garden, teach
tai chi, weave, make stained glass windows, and (hopefully
soon) write and illustrate field guides to local plants and
animals." Email heathr@exmsft.com
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Anna Vanerlaan '80
writes: "Greetings friends. My life is full of the things
I love. My son is now three and a half years old, smart and
joyful. I work as a portrait artist (people have always been
my favorite subject). I paint oil commissions and draw charcoal
portraits on the Santa Fe Plaza in the summer. Occasionally
I paint faux mural interiors. I love what I do and hopefully
you can say the same." Friends write to 1704 B Llano
St. 261, Santa Fe, NM 87501 or email vanderlaan@newmexico.com.
Rex O'Neal '80 writes: "I'm
back in private law practice."
Jay Rothman '80 writes: "I
moved back to Yellow Springs in 1998 so our three kids (now
14, 12 and 9) could attend the Antioch School, walk in the
Glen and grow up in this lovely village, like I did.
After teaching for a couple years in Antioch McGregor's Conflict
Resolution Program, I set up my own company, The ARIA Group,
and work full time in both public and private sectors doing
"identity-based" conflict resolution (visit the
ARIA Group online), and collaborative visioning and action
planning.
My largest effort to date was during my one-year appointment
as Special Master to a Federal Judge in Cincinnati, Ohio following
the riots there in 2001 to establish the "Police-Community
Relations Collaborative." If you'd like to learn more
about this, please write for a free CD on the process.
Friends and fellow-travelers, when next in YS, come visit.
Write me at jrothman@ariagroup.com."
Kathe Mullen '82 lives in Portland,
Oregon with partner of 20 years, Anna Carpentieri. Kathe is
a Health & Safety Specialist for the Oregon Department
of Environmental Quality, an extreme gardener, and dedicated
tree planter. Anna is a ceramic artist and owner of Clayworks
Northwest. Would live to hear from old friends." Friends
email: kathe@clayworksnw.com.
Geoffrey Martin Weichman '86
attended Antioch from 1983-86 and changed his name to Jesse
Martin. He finished his BA at LBU. He is curious about what
happened to some classmates.
Dawn-Monique (Del Bonis) Elkin '88
writes: "My husband Christopher and I live in San Ramon,
California (a family-oriented suburb just outside of San Francisco)
with our three children: Dakota (age 8), Avery (age 3), and
Sage Margaret (9 months). I currently am on a long-term leave
of teaching/directing preschool while I care for my three
kids. I often find myself longing for the fun, easy life of
college…and would love to hear from you."
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David Ottaviano '96
writes: "I am currently a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama.
I wanted to serve in the Peace Corps for a long time and finally
got around to doing it. It has been a challenging but rewarding
and enriching experience. I live in a very poor small agricultural-based
community and have to hike about an hour and a half to get
to a phone or transportation. I have about six months left.
I have not stepped foot on campus since my graduation ceremony
but think back on my time at Antioch often. I hope to strengthen
my ties with the school when I get settled. Since my graduation
from Antioch I have been on a more-or-less two and a half-year
co-op cycle, uprooting myself and moving first to California,
then England and now Panama. I have unfortunately lost touch
with just about everyone I knew from Antioch except Ken
Rapoza '96. I would love to heard from any old friends
or acquaintances." Email: bambino2114@yahoo.com
Ashira Malka writes: "I'm
in New Mexico, teaching Yoga. I learn it out here, too. The
snakes are so good at Cobra! Way better than humans. They
teach me breath. The skies show the way to a larger vision.
I practice Ayorveda, India's classical medicine - cooking,
aromatherapizing, and pressing people's Marmani so they move
into fuller self-embodiment. I also still write letters on
real paper! (I chant, I dance, I controversialize.)"
Friends write to: 10100 Menaul Blvd. NE #M4, Albuquerque,
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