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Brief Biographies of Faculty
Mentioned
Albers,
Anni.
At BMC 1933-49. Taught Weaving and Textile Design. Educated at Bauhaus.
Married to Josef Albers.
Albers, Josef.
At BMC 1933-49. Taught Art. Student, then faculty at Bauhaus, 1920-1933.
Famous abstract painter, colorist.
Babcock, Robert.
At BMC 1940-42. Taught Political Science.
Barnes, Gerald.
At BMC 1938-40. Taught Economics and Sociology. Ph.D., University of
Michigan. Taught at various universities including Michigan, Beirut,
Clark, Bard.
Barnes, Walter.
At BMC 1938-41. Taught History. Brother of Gerald. Taught at University
of California, Oregon, Smith.
Bentley, Eric.
Taught at BMC 1942-44, history and drama. Ph.D. Yale. Taught at UCLA.
Boyden, Roland.
At BMC 1941-42. Taught History. Was a lawyer and historian.
Carpenter, Richard.
At BMC 1940-42. Taught Biology. Author of standard work on plant
ecology. Died, 1942.
deGraaff, Franziska.
At BMC 1941-44. Taught Languages and Linguistics. Doctorate, University
of Leiden. Taught at Reed College.
Dreier, Theodore
(Ted). At BMC 1933-49. Taught Physics and Mathematics. Trained as
engineer, worked for General Electric. Taught at Rollins College
1930-333.
Evarts, John.
At BMC 1933-42. Taught Music. Previously, music critic, studied music in
New York and Germany.
French, John
R.P.
(Jack). At BMC 1940-42. Had graduated from BMC, received doctorate from
Yale. Taught Psychology.
Gothe, Richard.
At BMC 1940-41. Taught Economics and Sociology. Prior experience in
organizing youth work camps. Secretary, Work Camps for America.
Jalowetz, Heinrich.
At BMC 1939-46. Taught Music. Had been conductor in Europe, including
Prague and Cologne, member of Schoenberg's inner circle. Forced out by
Nazis. Died 1946.
Kocher, A.
Lawrence. At BMC 1940-43. Taught
Architecture, in charge of new building program. Experienced as
architect, conservationist, editor of Architectural
Record 1928-38.
Kurtz, Kenneth.
At BMC 1938-44. Taught English and American Literature. Degrees from
Yale, Oxford. Taught at Deep Springs and other colleges.
Lowinsky, Edward.
At BMC 1942-47. Taught Music. Educated at Heidelberg University,
professional pianist and musicologist. Refugee, fled to Holland, then
U.S.
Mangold, Fred.
At BMC 1934-42. Taught Romance Languages. Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin. Had taught at Louisiana State, Colorado, Wisconsin.
Martin, Joseph.
At BMC 1933-38. Taught English. Educated at Haverford and Oxford and
Columbia.
Moellenhoff, Anna.
At BMC 1935-39. Taught Biology and German. Physician in Germany. Wife of
Fritz, German psychoanalyst, also taught at BMC, then at Menninger
Clinic and Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago.
Portell-Vila,
Herminio. At BMC 1935-38. Taught
History. Had been professor, University of Havana until forced into
exile by dictator.
Radin, Paul.
At BMC 1941-44. Taught Anthropology. Was author of texts, known for
studies of American Indian tribes.
Rice, John
Andrew. At BMC 1933-39. Taught
Classics. Educated at Tulane and Oxford. On faculty of Nebraska, Rollins
College, and others.
Rosen, Nathan
(Nate). At BMC 1940-41, 1949-50.
Taught Physics. Worked with Albert Einstein at Institute for Advanced
Studies.
Schawinsky, Xanti.
At BMC 1936-38. Taught Art and Stage. At Bauhaus, 1924-29. Designer in
Berlin, Zurich, Milan.
Sly, Allen.
At BMC 1935-39. Taught Music. Educated in England, studied with Gustav
Holst and Benjamin Dale, professional pianist and composer.
Straus, Erwin.
At BMC 1938-44. Taught Psychology and Philosophy. Educated, advanced
degrees in Germany; neurologist, on faculty of University of Berlin.
Wunsch, Robert.
At BMC 1935-45. Taught English and Drama. Had taught at various high
schools, then at Rollins College.
Zeuch, William.
Taught at BMC 1935-37. Taught Economics. Had founded Commonwealth
College, a labor school, in Arkansas; member of LLano colony in
Louisiana.
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