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Obituary: Marcia A. Overstreet ’55

News Summary Listing — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/27/2010 to 2/27/2010

Marcia A. Overstreet, Antioch College class of 1955, died June 15, 2009. Marcia studied theater at Antioch and had worked at KMTV in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Obituary: Phyllis Bagdi Hollingsworth ’56

News Summary Listing — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/27/2010 to 2/27/2010 Phyllis Hollingsworth, Antioch College graduate of the class of 1956, died Aug. 23, 2009, in Kirkland, WA. She was born on September 19, 1934 in Perth Amboy, NJ, the daughter of Joseph and Anne Bagdi. After receiving her MD degree from New Jersey College of Medicine, she interned at St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC and completed her Anesthesiology Residency at New York Hospital, followed by a Fellowship at Virginia Mason, Seattle.

Obituary: Robert H. Graves

News Summary Listing — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/27/2010 to 2/27/2010 November 13, 1926 - June 29, 2009
Robert H. Graves, 82, passed away Monday, June 29, 2009, at his home in Naples, FL. Robert, a friend of Antioch College, was born in Evansville, WI, Nov. 13, 1926, and was the son of the late Forrest and Helen (Skarning) Graves. Robert graduated from Evansville High School in 1944 and then served in the United States Navy as a Radioman on submarines until his Honorable Discharge in 1947. Robert went on to receive a BBA in Business, with a major in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin in 1953.

Obituary: Harry Donovan ’75

News Summary Listing — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/23/2010 to 2/23/2010 Harry Morin Donovan '75 lost his courageous fight with throat cancer Wednesday, 23 September, 2009. Born 3 July 1943 in Bath, Maine where he spent his boyhood summers acquiring his life long love of all things sailing. Harry graduated from Antioch College in Ohio with degrees in engineering and theater which eventually led to all things rock 'n roll.

Obituary: Mary F. Stowe ’48

News Summary Listing — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/17/2010 to 2/17/2010 Mary F. Stowe, Antioch College Class of 1948. She held a BA in Sociology/Psychology from Antioch.

Mary was born on 8/16/25 in Pekin, IL, and died on 11/26/09 in Seattle, WA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Alice Kaliff Stowe, and her brother, Jack Stowe. Survivors in York, Nebraska, include cousins, Charles Kaliff, Jim Kaliff and Shirley Holt, all of York, and Bill Kaliff of Grand Island. Mary is also survived by numerous other cousins.

Obituary: Douglas R. Johnson ’40

News Summary Listing — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/17/2010 to 2/17/2010 Few couples lived life so passionately as Antioch College graduates Shirley R. Johnson '40 and her husband Douglas R. Johnson '40. Their romance — and commitment to social ideals — lasted more than seven decades until Douglas Johnson died Friday, July 24, 2009, at the age of 92.

He hit his head in a fall after a shopping trip, and doctors at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland were unable to save him after he was flown to the trauma center. One by one, friends Monday mourned the loss of Douglas Johnson — half of the power couple who lived life simply and spartanly, yet changed so many lives along the way.

Obituary: Randy W. Russell ’71

News Summary Listing — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/17/2010 to 2/17/2010 Randall “Randy” W. Russell, Antioch College class of 1971, died in November 2009 in Denver, CO.

Obituary: Susan A. Hansen ’66

News Summary Listing — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/12/2010 to 2/12/2010 LAKE PLACID — Susan A. “Tsu” Hansen, 65, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 at Arbor Hospice, a remarkable woman with an intellectual curiosity about the world and all its wonders. She liked to learn how things work.
    She was born in Detroit, Jan. 31, 1944 to William H and Olive (Flucker) Hansen. She grew up in Ann Arbor and graduated from Pioneer High.
    After earning a degree in secondary education at Antioch College, she joined North Country School in Lake Placid as math teacher and houseparent. She taught for 12 years, earned an MBA from RIT and moved into the office as business manager. She retired in 2004 and returned to Ann Arbor to be with her family after her cancer diagnosis.

Obituary: Sara “Betty” B. Berenson ‘57

News Summary Listing — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/12/2010 to 2/12/2010 Betty Berenson, a member of the Antioch College class of 1957, who graduated with a BA in English Literature, died December 13, 2009. Her community of friends, spanning birders, nature lovers, writers and artists, and progressives, will greatly miss her.

Alumni Contributions

News Summary Listing — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/7/2010 to 2/7/2010 --Rod Gorney, MD, Ph.D

Saving Antioch's Life as She Saved Ours

    Every baby has to love its mother because she literally saves the infant's life over and over every day.
    But not every grown person must love her or his alma mater. I'm convinced that Antiochians love their alma mater in greater proportions than former students of other colleges because Antioch saved not only our lives over and over -- and continues to do so -- but our hopes.
    Just as one example, let me offer a few bits of my story: Before the draft grabbed me during WW II, I had only six months at Antioch (Fall 1942, Spring 1943). Accepted to the Army Specialized Training Program, I had insufficient premedical credit hours to qualify for admission to a medical school. So I was assigned to a Japanese language program. An hour before my first Japanese class, one medical school discovered that, though I actually left campus after only six months, I had one and a quarter years of credit hours on my transcript, so they sent me an acceptance telegram!

Teishan Latner, ’00, is a Quotable Rebel (and Antiochian)

News Summary Listing — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/5/2010 to 2/5/2010 --Christian Feuerstein ‘94

On his current projects: Right now I’m working on the second edition of a book I edited called The Quotable Rebel: Political Quotations for Dangerous Times (Common Courage Press, 2005). It’s a reference collection of 3,000 quotations from social change movements world-wide and throughout history. The book is organized into 150 sub-topics and covers a very wide variety of subjects and people, from well known figures like Malcolm X and Gandhi to locally-based grassroots activists and artists. I donate the royalties to support progressive social causes, most recently via the Bread and Roses Community Fund. I’m a Ph.D. student in History at the University of California, Irvine, so I’ve spent the summer doing research on the relationship between the American Left and Cuba. I’m also a Humanities Facilitator for Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project, a documentary video program that works with Philadelphia community organizations to create digital histories of their neighborhoods.

Obituary: Christine Siegmann ’78

News Summary Listing — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 1/1/2010 to 2/1/2010 MARION STATION -- Christine Siegmann, 66, of Marion Stationdied Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, surrounded by her family after a short, albeit intense, battle with lung cancer at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md.

Ms. Siegmann was born June 23, 1943, in Rockwell Centre, N.Y., the daughter of Raymond Siegmann and Lisen Siegmann.

While raising her family, she pursued her education, receiving her bachelor's degree from Antioch College in 1978 and her master's degree from UMAB in 1986.

A Call for 2011 Alumni Award Nominations

News Summary Listing — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 12/28/2009 to 1/22/2010 --Tim Klass ’71, Alumni Board Nominations Committee Chair

During the first weekend in March, the Alumni Board will performing one of our most time-honored functions – choosing recipients for Alumni Association awards to be presented at Reunion in June 2011 (winners for 2010 have been selected and will be announced at a later date). We are eager to know of anyone you might suggest for the following:

Antioch College Road Show Round-Up

News Summary Listing — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 12/17/2009 to 1/17/2010 --Christian Feuerstein ‘94

Chapters around the country have met over the past few weeks, to celebrate Antioch College’s independence and to help plan for its future.

In Boston, over thirty-five alumni met in November to have a brainstorming meeting. Interim President Matthew Derr ’89 was there, along with Morgan Fellows Scott Warren and Anne Bohlen. Presentations and discussions were focused on curriculum, the liberal arts, co-op, and, of course, fundraising.

South Hall Undergoes Renovation!

News Summary Listing — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 12/17/2009 to 1/17/2010 --Julian Sharp '08, Manager of Volunteer Work

The Antioch College campus is abuzz with volunteers! Last week a team of volunteers worked in South Hall to strengthen the structural integrity of the building's roof. The team was led by Jon Baker '72 of Chicago and David Scott '72 of Yellow Springs, and also included John Hempfling, Eva Erickson '11 and Lincoln Alpern '11, all of Yellow Springs. The hard work of this group enabled us to accomplish a project that otherwise would not have been feasible or would have cost the College thousands of dollars.

Robert Kehlmann, ‘63, Sees Antioch College in His Inner Landscape

News Summary Listing — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 12/17/2009 to 1/17/2010 --Christian Feuerstein '94

Robert Kehlmann '63 was among the first art critics to discuss and evaluate contemporary glass art using a vocabulary of art criticism. He was a founding editor of the Glass Art Society Journal and he has lectured worldwide on glass art, curated numerous exhibitions, and taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts, the Piclhuck School, and the Miasa Bunka Center, Japan. In 1994, Kehlmann was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership in the Glass Art Society. He is the author of two books, Twentieth Century Stained Glass: A New Definition, and The Inner Light: Sculpture by Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova. He has written articles for numerous publications both in the United States and abroad. Kehlmann has served on the City of Berkeley's Landmarks Preservation Commission (1995-2001), and was its Chairman from 1996-1998. He is a founding member of the Berkeley Historical Plaque Project.

Antioch College Road Show Round-Up

News Summary Listing — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Obituary: Lee S. Waterman ’59

News Summary Listing — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 12/15/2009 to 1/15/2010 Lee S. Waterman, age 78 of Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell, ME, died Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Hill House in Bath. He was born in Harpswell, ME, on February 11, 1930, a son of Maurice O. and Esther Lois Morrill Waterman.

Derr ’89 Named Interim President

News Summary Listing — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Date: 12/9/2009 Yellow Springs, OHIO – December 9, 2009 —The Antioch College Board Pro Tempore announced today the appointment of Matthew Allen Derr ’89 as the newly independent college’s interim president. Derr, who has played a key role in the two year effort by Antioch alumni to purchase their alma mater from Antioch University, was formerly Chief Transition Officer. Derr will act in this position until the new president is selected.

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Awarded

News Summary Listing — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Date: 11/19/2009 to 12/19/2009 A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery by Benjamin Skinner and Peace by Richard Bausch today were named winners of the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction and fiction, respectively.

Robert Fogarty, editor of The Antioch Review, was instrumental in starting this literary peace prize, to commemorate the Dayton Peace Accords.