Michael Marcus:
CLASS OF 1967
Hillhouse High SchoolClass of 1967
New haven, CT
Michael's Story
Life? So the new photo shows that I finally got to meet Gandhi. Pay no attention to the fact that he has been dead for 60 years, and that my shirt is wet. Recent events in Mumbai stimulated a new posting on my blog --- thelocalisglobal.blogspot.com It may be of interest to some. Allen Ruff gave a reading from his novel in Na' Haven in October, and it was nice to go down there and see a bunch of the old folks. I've been traveling, teaching, and learning for 40 years. high-school last 20 years ... have fun with kids every day and laugh, all my doctor and lawyer friends wish they could do what i do. i wrote and published a bunch of really obscure scholarly stuff in the 80's, lately more curriculum related stuff and essays for teachers of world history, culture, and art. i am a camera maniac, see photos with comments. if anyone has a rolleiflex lying around that they have no use for please contact me, i promise to use it and not to sell it. i'd buy a used one today were it not for the need to pay tutition for four more years. i don't understand where these colleges come off with these fees. whenever the university of wisconsin (beloved alma mater) calls me to tap me up, i advise them to save money by removing some of the useless faculty in certain useless departments. mean. languages: francais, israeli hebrew, moroccan arabic, mandarin chinese, bollywood-ish hindi, viennese from in-laws (mostly words for food and pastries). have travled a lot. still close with and live near hank murray, in touch with allen ruff and ken reuben. tsvai kinder, eine frau.
School
sorry but i do not wish to name the girl i "adored" in hillhouse! i was in love with all my female french teachers. i have wonderful memories of the 3 different young women teachers who worked with us in theatre. and there was...Expand for more
a fabulous teacher, one of those yale divinity school wives who seemed in large supply --- who was wonderful to me in 12th grade --- her name was Eva Babbitt. that's what mattered/matters the most when a teacher shows a kid that they care about him or her. i do not recall my english teachers in grades 11 and 12 as inspiring or the least bit interesting. but norma greene in u.s. history was one of a kind, and definitely knew what she was doing and why she was doing it. she also coached debate club which was great fun and probably the most important thing i did in h.s., after the theater. somewhere and somehow along the line hillhouse gave me what i needed to emerge later as a Ph.D scholar and author. who knows how or what, exactly. it's a mystery. i attended the univ. of wisconsin (not too many happy memories, unfortunately), tel aviv university, new york university, and the american university in cairo. i have been very fortunate to have traveled a great deal: israel 2 years, morocco 2 years, egypt 3 months, india and china 6 weeks each on fulbrights. upon retiring we hope to be regulars on flights to paris london, amsterdam (direct from hartford!) and so on. rent places and hang out for a few weeks. daughter soon to graduate college and -- who knows? son about to graduate high school and -- who knows? he cringes in embarrasment when i order in (mediocre) chinese in the restaurants and try to engage in conversation with anyone there, including himself! he has his sights set high, a born intellectual and i will leave this earth knowing that i have left much better versions of myself, with their individualities intact, to carry on.
College
university of wisconsin, b.a.
tel aviv university
new york university m.a.
american university in cairo
new york university ph.d
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