by CRF
Issue 14 – Spring 2009
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Alumni Come Through for Independent Antioch College Fund
The College Revival Staff has been working the phones over the last two weeks calling alumni who donated or pledged to support an Independent Antioch College back in 2007, and asking them to reaffirm their support. So far the alumni have really come through, pledging over $180,000 in the past two weeks. According to CRF Executive Director Risa Grimes, “The success of the phone campaign and the commitment of alumni was a real shot in the arm for the fundraising staff who have been working overtime to raise funds for the Fund for an Independent Antioch College since the Letter of Intent was signed in January.” Obituary: Ken Dermota ‘81Ken Dermota, 53, Antioch Class of 1981, a journalist and former union organizer who specialized in issues involving Latin America, died May 11 of cancer at Washington Hospital Center. Obituary: Lucia Ruth Severson Blackinton ‘41Lucia was born in Minnesota and survived one day past her 91st birthday. She attended Antioch College in Ohio, where she met the love of her life, Jim. They moved to Michigan after marrying in 1940 and, in 1945, moved to Englewood, CO, raising their three children and living a life many can only dream of. Remember to Vote!Antiochians from all generations have been making their voices heard over the past few weeks by participating in the Antioch College Alumni Association Board of Directors annual election. If you haven’t voted yet you have just over a week before the polls close. In this election there are 11 seats on the 29 member board up for choice with fifteen candidates in the field.  Support Independence! Make your pledge or gift to the Fund for an Independent Antioch College Now. New Class NotesAdded: 5/21/2009 9:57 PM Creative Accomplishments Still living in Olympia, WA, and working… |
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Martha Tod Dudman ‘74 Talks Memoirs and Antioch College by Christian Feuerstein ‘94 Martha Tod Dudman ‘74 was born in St. Louis, Missouri; grew up in Washington, DC; and went to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She moved to Maine in 1975, first to Little Cranberry Island, and then to Northeast Harbor, on Mount Desert Island, where she raised her son and daughter and where she still lives, today. Dudman served as president and general manager of a group of radio stations in Ellsworth and Bangor for 10 years, and then as a professional fundraising consultant for Maine non-profits. She was President of the Maine Association of Broadcasters and President of the Bangor Rotary, and is a Paul Harris Fellow. She is currently Vice Chair of the Northeast Harbor Library and a director of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. She recently received the Deborah Morton Award at the University of New EnglandShe is the author of four books: Dawn (Puckerbrush Press, 1989), Augusta, Gone (Simon & Schuster, 2001), Expecting to Fly (Simon & Schuster, 2004) and Black Olives (Simon & Schuster, 2008). Kirkus Reviews said of Black Olives: “A story delivered with clarity, elegance and the oomph of lived experience.” Augusta, Gone was winner of the 2002 Books for a Better Life Award and was released as a Lifetime television film in 2006. Continued… Letters to the CRF
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