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Apr 7, 2022 · Nancy Simon, class of 1963, is a retired theatre teacher who still writes and directs. She, like a good percentage of students who attend college, entered school with one idea for her major and walked out with a completely different one.
The 2023 Gordon Scribner Award Winner, Nancy Simon, ‘63. Nancy has hosted and spoken at numerous Alumni events, taught for Senior Alumni College, and greeted Alumni Reunion groups on campus, most recently former students who were celebrating their 50 th reunion.
Nov 17, 2021 · Published on Nov 17, 2021. A chance reconnection between Whitman College alum and playwright Lisa Battle ’07 and her former theater professor and director Nancy Simon ’63 leads to the live premier of “The Comfort to Come.”.
- The Roosevelts Visit Whitman College
- Nancy Simon Meets JFK
- Nixon Receives A Whitman Jersey
On May 25, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt addressed a crowd of 6,000 on the Memorial Hall grounds. The visit was “part of a campaign to gain western support for his forthcoming bid for the presidency,” according to the website HistoryLink.com. Top:The crowd gathers to hear the address. Inset above:A souvenir photo of Roosevelt and his wife, Edi...
See a familiar face in this photo? That’s Nancy Simon ’63, Garrett professor of dramatic art, to the left of Jackie Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy. Simon said she didn’t know the photo existed until Whitman Magazine asked about her memories of the visit. She writes, “My recollection is that we went to Milton-Freewater to see Kennedy. A lifel...
Above, President Richard Nixon receives a Whitman football jersey from team co-captains John Davis ’72, Bob Crabb ’72, Steve Washburn ’73 and Bob Reisig ’72. G. Thomas Edwards, William Kirkman professor of history emeritus, described the circumstances of the exchange in his book “Tradition in a Turbulent Age.” Alex MacLeod ’69, director of communic...
Nancy Simon is a Garrett Professor of Dramatic Art Emerita at Whitman College based in Walla Walla, Washington. Nancy received a theatre degrees d egree from University of Washington and a theatre degrees from Whitman College.
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Director: Nancy Simon - Set: Tom Hines - Lighting & TD: Alan McEwen - Costumes: Robin Waytenick Smasne, Whitman College 2002 Thomas G. Hines - Department of Theatre - Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362
Nancy Lynn Simon (1967, 2013), Garrett Professor of Dramatic Arts and Professor of Theater, Emeritus. B.A., Whitman College; M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., University of Washington. B.A., Whitman College; M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., University of Washington.
