Class Notes 1940s 1943
Edna Louise Davis, who earned an MA in music education at Oberlin and then a doctorate from Boston University, celebrated her 100th birthday with a drive-thru parade from the Sumpter, S.C., First Baptist Church to her home in Sumpter. She taught at Jackson State College and Elizabeth City State University. After her retirement in 1986, that university, an HBCU, named an award for students excelling in music theory after her.
1948
Jane Lose Eddy and Ernest “Shorty” Eddy ’49
celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on June 17, 2020. They have a daughter, two sons, a grandson, two granddaughters, two step-granddaughters, two great-granddaughters, a great-grandson, and eight step-greatgrandchildren. Jane and Shorty have been residents of Kendal at Oberlin since it opened in 1993.
1950s 1953
1955
Paul Rheingold moved his law practice from New York City to his home in Rye, N.Y. He recently wrote a book about the early photographers of Lake Sunapee, N.H., where his family has a summer place. Last year he gave his collection of 55,000 old photographs to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where they are named the “Rheingold Historical Photograph Collection.”
UNBOSSED, UNBOUGHT—AND UNMATCHED “No one in America has escaped the wounds from racism and anti-feminism,” then-U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm told the Finney Chapel audience on February 28, 1974, in a speech titled “Race, Revolution, and Women.” At a press conference before the speech, Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and the first major party candidate for president, said, “You’ll see many backlashes because the hearts of many Americans aren’t in the right places.” If these words uttered 47 years ago reveal the slow pace of progress, there has been some: A Black woman, Kamala Harris, is now vice president of the United States. When Harris began the race (as a candidate for the top job), her logo borrowed the colors of Chisholm’s 1972 campaign, a nod to the pioneer who helped pave the path.
1956
program in Cambodia, operated a Kenyan hospital, wrote numerous books on health, and cofounded Partners for Development, an international organization that unites with community organizations worldwide to provide desperately needed support. Joel’s niece is a current student at Oberlin.
Joel Montague, who has dedicated his career
to women’s reproductive empowerment— especially in low-income regions—was celebrated by the University of North Carolina on the 50th anniversary of his graduation with a master’s in public health. Joel helped launch a national contraceptive 40
1959
Bill McHarris composed “Black Lives Matter,” the latest in a series of politically motivated songs he shares on YouTube. Bill is an emeritus professor of chemistry, physics, and astronomy at Michigan State University who harbors a profound passion for music. He was a church organist and composer as a teen,
CHISHOLM: A R T HUR E. PRIN CEHORN/CO UR T E S Y OF OBERLIN COLLEGE A R CHI V E S
Anne Osborn Krueger wrote the book International Trade: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2020), which explains in easy-to-follow terms why issues related to trade and trade policy have grown increasingly complex in recent years.