“Oberlin was a very strange place…” Raised in a Jewish family in Michigan City, Indiana, Allan Spear’s father was a traveling salesman and his
Born and raised in the backwoods of South Dakota, Vance was the seventh of nine children. His father worked for the Bureau of Indian
“I got a very positive introduction to queer culture…” Bobbi Keppel was one of two children raised by educated, agnostic, “somewhat oddball” parents outside
Essay written October 2014. In early September of 1948, I traveled by train from South Dakota to Cleveland, took the bus to Oberlin, and
Essay written July, 2004. I had no concept of “gay” at Oberlin. I grew up in mostly rural Ohio and had no exposure to
Oberlin was very quiet except for the Throne Room…” Robert Wood was born into a Christian family in Youngstown, Ohio. Robert Wood served as
“Two gay guys owned this farmhouse and enormous barn…” George Brenner was the only child of a middle class, white family in New York
Frank Burton was drafted into the Army a year after arriving at Oberlin. He returned to the Oberlin campus in 1946 and graduated in
By Timothy CwiekMay 20-26, 2005Reprinted with permission from Philadelphia Gay News Margaret Caroline Yeakel, a social work professor known for her support of the
Born in Washington D.C. and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, Robert Durand studied economics at George Washington University and the University of North Carolina
