Felix Thomas Krowinski, Sr., a native of Niagara Falls, New York, graduated from the Buffalo State Hospital School of Nursing in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and then attended Black Mountain College for the 1947-1948 regular term and the 1948 summer session.

Following Black Mountain College, he resumed his nursing career, working as a psychiatric nurse at Bellevue Hospital in New York. He also worked as a nurse in Sumatra and at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Montrose, New York. He married Josephine St. Angelo and they had a son. While at Black Mountain College, he photographed the campus, landscapes, students, and faculty, as well as events.

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Felix in 1981 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.

Topics: Hearing about college and visit – general curriculum – interest in photography through Leo Krikorian – career as nurse – discussion of photographs – BMC football game

Courses Taken

Fall 1947-1948: Beginning German with Rice, Introductory to Economics with Howard, Group Process with Wallen, The Individual and Society with Levi.

Spring 1947-1948: German I with Rice, History of Philosophy with Dehn, English Composition (tutorial) with Rondthaler, Russian (tutorial)-Madame Goldowsky, Chorus with Schlesinger, American Literature 1850-1900 with Corkran.

Summer 1948: Freudianism and the Social Sciences with Calhoun