John Holt:
CLASS OF 1966
Burnsville High SchoolClass of 1966
Burnsville, MN
Woodside High SchoolClass of 1966
Woodside, CA
Kailua High SchoolClass of 1966
Kailua, HI
Goodwin Junior High SchoolClass of 1962
Redwood city, CA
Henry Ford Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Redwood city, CA
John's Story
66-70: Gustavus Adolphus College, St.
Peter, MN, majored in history; what a great time to be in college; what a great group of friends.
70: Married Barbara Sjogren
70-73: Graduate Theological Union, in Berkeley, CA; expanding horizons internationally.
73-77: University of Chicago, Ph.D.; understood the meaning of hard work and academic asceticism; Buddhism loomed large.
77: Daughter Sarah born
79: Son Samuel born
77-78: Taught at Whittier College, CA
78-still: Teaching at Bowdoin College, MAINE; 6 years living intermittently in Sri Lanka,1 year in Hong Kong, several months in Laos; published 11 books through 2009.
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ied Sree Padma, built house in Harpswell, Maine, on a quiet tidal cove.
02: honorary doctorate, Sri Lanka university; Sri Lanka a second home.
07: U of Chicago Div Sch Alumnus of the Year; hard work gets recognition.
09: hiking the John Muir Trail--clearing the mind.
09: bought a condo in San Francisco and hoping to split time between there and Maine
12: skiing a lot in the mountains of Maine
14: Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Still playing basketball, canoeing, hiking, skiing and remain an SF Giants and Boston Celtics fan.
Enjoy theater and fiction.
Maxim: whatever is subject to uprising is also subject to cessation.
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