Issue 3//Summer 2009
Matthew Derr ‘89, the chief transition officer for the Antioch College Continuation Corporation, is heading up efforts to revive the college after the ACCC and Antioch University trustees reached an agreement last week. Still a resident of Boston, he plans to move to Yellow Springs in the future.
Boots on the Ground for Antioch
By Diane Chiddister
Reprinted with permission from the Yellow Springs News
If you ask Matthew Derr how many hours per week he spends on his job, he’s stumped. During a recent interview, he made an earnest attempt to answer the question before giving up.
“I lose track,” he said. “My whole life is Antioch.”
As the chief transition officer for the Antioch College Continuation Corporation, or ACCC, Derr is the boots on the ground for the revival of Antioch College. These days, after last week’s announcement that the Antioch University trustees and ACCC reached an agreement to transfer the college, Derr is the one whose immediate job is to make that revival happen. In his 20-year career as a fundraiser and college administrator, he never expected to have on his plate the responsibility for opening a college, Derr said this week, and the task would be overwhelming except that the ACCC pro tempore board provides clear direction.
“What I rely on is that this is a collaborative effort,” he said.
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ACCC Gives Thanks to the Village
Reprinted with permission from the Yellow Springs News
On July 1 the Antioch College Continuation Corporation Board Pro Tempore approved a resolution of appreciation to the village, including the intention to create a “Yellow Springs Day” each year, at which time students, faculty and staff would contribute volunteer labor to the village. According to the resolution, the work would take place each September on a mutually agreed upon day.
ACCC Chief Transition Officer Matthew Derr presented the resolution to Village Council at Council’s meeting Monday, July 6.
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Chapter News:
On Saturday, June 27, members of the Southeast Michigan Antioch Chapter responded to an invitation from the Detroit Chapter of the Spellman College Alumnae Association to represent Antioch at “Song for Coretta,” a play by Detroiter and Spellman Professor Author Pearl Cleage in honor of our beloved alumna Coretta Scott King. Alumni Board members Tendaji Ganges and Terry Blackhawk were joined by former Antioch Professor of Literature Yates Hafner and his wife Gail and introduced before the performance at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History.Continued…
Obituary Edith Elinor King ‘37
Edith Elinor King died on June 29. She was 95.
Edith was born in Charleston, S.C., daughter of Harold Davis King and Edith Etta Thompson King. She grew up in Baltimore. Her father was commissioner of lighthouses for the United States.
Edith came to Yellow Springs in 1932 to attend Antioch College, where she earned her degree in psychology in 1937. While an Antioch student, Edith christened the lighthouse ship Nantucket. Her photo adorned the bulkhead. Fifty years later, the Nantucket Historical Society invited her back to rechristen the ship.
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Nora S. Newcombe ‘72, is an Expert in Cognitive Development and Antioch Memories
by Christian Feuerstein ‘94
Nora S. Newcombe, Ph.D. , is a Professor of Psychology at Temple University and PI of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC), headquartered at Temple and also involving Northwestern, the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania as primary partners. A nationally recognized expert on cognitive development, Dr. Newcombe’s research has focused on spatial development and the development of episodic and autobiographical memory. Her work has been federally funded by NICHD and the National Science Foundation over 20 years. She is the author of numerous scholarly chapters and articles on aspects of cognitive development, and the author or editor of three books, including Making Space: The Development of Spatial Representation and Reasoning (with Janellen Huttenlocher) published by the MIT Press in 2000. Recent honors include the George Miller Award and the G. Stanley Hall Awards from APA, the Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science, also from APA, and the Women in Cognitive Science Mentor Award. She has also been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
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Events
Memorial for David Landes
7/11/2009 3:00 PM to 7/11/2009 5:00 PM
There will be a memorial for David Landes on July 11th at the Glen Helen Building starting at 3pm.
Boston Alumni Chapter Meeting
7/14/2009 7:00 PM to 7/14/2009
Chief Transition Officer Matthew Derr and Alumni Relations Director Aimee Lunde Maruyama ‘96 will visit the Boston chapter at Dudley House, Harvard University, Cambridge, to talk about what happens next. Dudley House is the Harvard building closest to the Harvard Red Line stop. (See Dudley House Map)
Kindly RSVP to Barbara Wallraff, barbara@wordcourt.com or 617-365-9068, so we can be sure to have a chair for you.
New York Chapter Meeting
7/27/2009 7:15 PM to 7/27/2009 10:00 PM
Lee Morgan ’66, Chair of the ACCC Transition Task Force, and Aimee Maruyama ‘96, Director of Alumni Relations, will be in NYC to celebrate with us, give us details and field questions.
Philadelphia Chapter Meeting
8/5/2009 6:00 PM to 8/5/2009
Lee Morgan ’66, Chair of the ACCC Transition Task Force, and Steve “Duffy” ‘77, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, will be in NYC to celebrate with us, give us details, field questions and talk about what happens next.
Miami Valley Chapter Meeting
8/9/2009 2:00 PM to 8/9/2009
Dayton Chapter of the Antioch Alumni Association will hold a Chapter Meeting to explore the many ways in which we will help the Independent Antioch College achieve it’s potential. Protempore Chair Lee Morgan will update us, and provide input towards optimizing our efforts to meet the needs of this valuable endeavor.
Antioch Reunion 2009 News
Michael Heffernan ‘96
Reunion 2009: Oct. 2 – 4, 2009: Out of the Twilight Zone: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Twilight Zone, as well as a full celebration of the future of Antioch College!
Work Project Sept. 28 – Oct. 1: Helping to get the campus ready for Reunion 2009
Ever since the great news about the future of Antioch College came out last week, my in-box has near exploded with questions regarding Reunion 2009. Glad to see such a high level of interest! Let’s see if we can’t answer some of the more frequently-asked questions below: Continued…
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Communications Associate
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