taengl, Harvard graduates of different vintages whose paths diverged remarkably. The film contrasts Mr. Fry with Mr. Hanfstaengl, a close comrade of Hitler’s who headed the Foreign Press Bureau in Berlin in the 1930s but later came to the United States during World War II to provide information about the Nazis.
Jimmy Williams
James “Jimmy” Haywood Williams Jr., former dean
a script by the poet Archibald MacLeish, narration by Eric Sevareid of CBS News and an abundance of photographs and newsreel footage, Mr. Kaplan created a warm portrait. Two years after the Roosevelt film won the Academy Award for best documentary feature, Mr. Kaplan began a two-year collaboration with the producer Ely Landau on King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis. Mr. Kaplan entered Antioch College when he was 16 and studied English and political science there. Before he could earn his bachelor’s degree, he was drafted into the Army during World War II, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge with the 99th Infantry Division. He graduated from Antioch after his discharge and
studied film at the University of Southern California. In the 1950s he worked on various film projects, including one about combat leadership in the Air Force for a psychological research organization. The Roosevelt and King films were the start of a productive period in which he made documentaries about the actress Liv Ullmann; the American journalist Varian Fry, who led a covert rescue operation in France during World War II that saved more than 2,000 artists, writers, philosophers and their families; and one about some of those exiles, who had emigrated to the United States. His final film was Varian & Putzi: A 21st Century Tale (2011), a dual biography of Varian Fry and Ernst “Putzi” Hanfs-
Jimmy Haywood Williams Jr., age 66, of Springfield, OH, passed away November 11, 2018 in his residence. He was born March 16, 1952 in New York City, NY, the son of James H. and Nellie (Bush) Williams Sr. Jimmy retired from Wittenberg University as the Associate Dean of Admissions, and had served as Dean of Students, Associate Dean of Students, and Affirmative Action Officer at Antioch College. Previously, Jimmy was at St. Lawrence University, in Canton, NY, where he served as associate director of admissions and director of multicultural recruitment. He also provided his expertise in admissions and student affairs at Davidson College in Davidson, NC, Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT, and Brown University in Providence, RI. He held a bachelor’s degree in American history from Middlebury. Jimmy leaves to cherish his memory his loving and devoted wife, Jan (Beard) Williams of Springfield, OH; his father, James H. Williams Sr.; children, Rhonda ( Jason) Wewsome, Nya ( Jason) Beckett, Mica ( Jeffery) Dean and Brett Williams; siblings, Deborah (Rosby McCrory, Kathryn (Michael) McCrory, Rena Williams and Michael ( Julie) Williams; grandchildren, Alexis Zen, Andrew, Jeffery, Aaliyah, Avril, Averi and Alanna; step-son, Earl “Linc” Taylor III; sister-in-law, Julie Beard and a host of other relatives and friends. Alumni tributes to Jimmy will be printed in The Antiochian Winter Supplement; send your message to alumni@antiochcollege.edu. THE ANTIOCHIAN FALL, 2018 49