From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop: University of Cincinnati Stories
As the University of Cincinnati celebrates its bicentennial, students, faculty, staff, and alumni look back on the university’s remarkable past and its progression as a pioneer in higher education. From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop: University of Cincinnati Stories reflects the breadth and diversity of the University of Cincinnati over its rich and eventful history, emphasizing just what makes UC’s history so special and inspiring—its stories.

Former Ohio Governor Bob Taft remembers his law school days in a building named for his great-grandfather. Broadway star Faith Prince recalls her musical theater start at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music. More than thirty-five contributors provide their own unique perceptions of this extraordinary urban university. Some are well-known names like Taft and Prince, while others are current students and alumni whose education and futures were profoundly shaped by memorable experiences connected to UC. Clark Beck recounts the struggles he initially faced upon coming to UC and offers readers an inspiring story of perseverance and tenacity. Sid Thatham gives a captivating tale of his move from India and the home base he made in Cincinnati with UC graduate students. Other contributors celebrate the relationships, such as that between the strong-willed duo of Jack Rouse and Helen Laird, that give UC its storied past.

In From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop, anyone can find a person, whether it be the trailblazing Lucy Braun or the celebrated Carl Blegen, or a place, be it the changing landscape of Ludlow Avenue or the new frontier for the DAAP College, to which he or she can relate. Such figures, places, and stories present a sampling of the UC experience. From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop offers readers an inside look at the many lives that have influenced UC and the opportunity to envision how their own stories can be a part of its future.

Just as Hand titles his introduction, “a dedicated crew of bearcats assembled this book,” the University of Cincinnati and its story continue to be a community effort, deeply intertwined with the lives of the people who have made up the university and its two-hundred years.
 
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From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop: University of Cincinnati Stories
As the University of Cincinnati celebrates its bicentennial, students, faculty, staff, and alumni look back on the university’s remarkable past and its progression as a pioneer in higher education. From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop: University of Cincinnati Stories reflects the breadth and diversity of the University of Cincinnati over its rich and eventful history, emphasizing just what makes UC’s history so special and inspiring—its stories.

Former Ohio Governor Bob Taft remembers his law school days in a building named for his great-grandfather. Broadway star Faith Prince recalls her musical theater start at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music. More than thirty-five contributors provide their own unique perceptions of this extraordinary urban university. Some are well-known names like Taft and Prince, while others are current students and alumni whose education and futures were profoundly shaped by memorable experiences connected to UC. Clark Beck recounts the struggles he initially faced upon coming to UC and offers readers an inspiring story of perseverance and tenacity. Sid Thatham gives a captivating tale of his move from India and the home base he made in Cincinnati with UC graduate students. Other contributors celebrate the relationships, such as that between the strong-willed duo of Jack Rouse and Helen Laird, that give UC its storied past.

In From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop, anyone can find a person, whether it be the trailblazing Lucy Braun or the celebrated Carl Blegen, or a place, be it the changing landscape of Ludlow Avenue or the new frontier for the DAAP College, to which he or she can relate. Such figures, places, and stories present a sampling of the UC experience. From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop offers readers an inside look at the many lives that have influenced UC and the opportunity to envision how their own stories can be a part of its future.

Just as Hand titles his introduction, “a dedicated crew of bearcats assembled this book,” the University of Cincinnati and its story continue to be a community effort, deeply intertwined with the lives of the people who have made up the university and its two-hundred years.
 
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From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop: University of Cincinnati Stories

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As the University of Cincinnati celebrates its bicentennial, students, faculty, staff, and alumni look back on the university’s remarkable past and its progression as a pioneer in higher education. From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop: University of Cincinnati Stories reflects the breadth and diversity of the University of Cincinnati over its rich and eventful history, emphasizing just what makes UC’s history so special and inspiring—its stories.

Former Ohio Governor Bob Taft remembers his law school days in a building named for his great-grandfather. Broadway star Faith Prince recalls her musical theater start at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music. More than thirty-five contributors provide their own unique perceptions of this extraordinary urban university. Some are well-known names like Taft and Prince, while others are current students and alumni whose education and futures were profoundly shaped by memorable experiences connected to UC. Clark Beck recounts the struggles he initially faced upon coming to UC and offers readers an inspiring story of perseverance and tenacity. Sid Thatham gives a captivating tale of his move from India and the home base he made in Cincinnati with UC graduate students. Other contributors celebrate the relationships, such as that between the strong-willed duo of Jack Rouse and Helen Laird, that give UC its storied past.

In From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop, anyone can find a person, whether it be the trailblazing Lucy Braun or the celebrated Carl Blegen, or a place, be it the changing landscape of Ludlow Avenue or the new frontier for the DAAP College, to which he or she can relate. Such figures, places, and stories present a sampling of the UC experience. From the Temple of Zeus to the Hyperloop offers readers an inside look at the many lives that have influenced UC and the opportunity to envision how their own stories can be a part of its future.

Just as Hand titles his introduction, “a dedicated crew of bearcats assembled this book,” the University of Cincinnati and its story continue to be a community effort, deeply intertwined with the lives of the people who have made up the university and its two-hundred years.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781947602045
Publisher: University of Cincinnati Press
Publication date: 10/15/2018
Edition description: 1st Edition
Pages: 279
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Greg Hand, proprietor of the “Cincinnati Curiosities” blog, retired in 2014 as associate vice president for public relations at the University of Cincinnati. In addition to his blog, Hand is a freelance writer and consults on public relations planning and crisis communication. He contributes regularly to Cincinnati magazine’s “City Wise” blog. Hand is co-chair of the Spirit of History Committee, which was responsible for the development of the Bicentennial books.
 

Table of Contents

Foreword: Five Presidents 1984-2016 Different Styles, Different Times Buck Niehoff ix

Introduction: How a Dedicated Crew of Bearcats Assembled This Book, with the Help of Willie Nelson, the New York Times, and the Good Folks of Granville, Ohio Greg Hand 1

Books, Bricks-and 'Potencie' Kevin Grace 9

It Started with a Valentine: Archaeology at UC, Carl Blegen, and the Department of Classics Jack L. Davis 16

William Howard Taft and the UC College of Law Bob Taft 30

No One Has Ever Come For Dean Loueen Pattee Anne Delano Steinert 35

On Hazel's Diary Janice Currie 43

A Force for Nature E. Lucy Braun Meg Hanrahan 50

Presidential Politics: Raymond Walters, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Photo Op That Never Developed Robert Earnest Miller 57

A Brief History of Computing at the University of Cincinnati Russell E. McMahon 67

My University of Cincinnati Journey Clark Beck 73

UC Engineering: A Cauldron for Personal Transformation Donald L. Vieth 82

Jazz in the Workshop: The Story of the "Queen City Suite" Steven Lawrence Gilbert 95

Reflections John Bryant 99

The Provost Doesn't Call There Anymore Jon Hughes 105

For the Record Judy McCarty Kuhn 109

Where It All Began: A Very Short Play with Some Music, Wherein the University of Cincinnati Is Revealed to Be the Most Unlikely Place for the Nation's First Musical Theater Program Jack Rouse Helen Laird 124

Introduction to UC and Cincinnati: The 1972 New Faculty Orientation Edna S. Kaneshiro 143

Working with Warren Bennis Bill Mulvihill 148

Introductions: My UC Story 1973-1979 Julia Montier- Ball 153

RAPP: Changing Attitudes-One Mind at a Time Marianne Kunnen-Jones 161

Memories of David Blackburn Sarah Jessica Parker 167

A Celebration of the Arts in Cincinnati Jim Cummins 169

My Quest for a Just Community Mitchel D. Livingston 171

Of Structures and Spaces and Structural Spaces: DAAP's Genesis of New Architecture at UC and Cincinnati Jay Challerjee 179

UC: An Urbanist University Terry Grundy 191

Confessions of a Famous Jingle Scientist James J. Kellaris 199

My Search for H. M. Griffin Paulette Penzvalto 212

Cincinnati Storystorm Julialicia Case 219

Serendipity and Stewardship: The Preservation Lab Holly Prochaska 224

The Challenges of Creating the Bearcat Transportation System Jerry P. Tsai 229

From International Student to Bearcat for Life Sid Thatham 234

Vignettes from a Corner of Café Momus Vidita Kanniks 239

DAAP Slapped Victoria Fromme 242

Embracing the Uncertainty of Life Faith Prince 244

The Ultimate UC Trivia Quiz Kevin Grace Greg Hand 247

Our Contributing Authors 266

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