Kendall Cox
Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
Group photo taken at the entrance to the Studies Building (?), Lake Eden Campus, Black Mountain College, Summer 1946. From left to right: Kendall Cox, Theodore “Quintus” Dreier, Jr., Bob Murphy, Peter Oberlander, unidentified person, Nick Muzenic, and Barbara Stein. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
FOCUS
Art/ Design/ Craft
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1946 - 1946
BIRTH
1925-01-28
Chicago, IL
DEATH
2015-11-15
Flushing, MI
Kendall Boice Cox was born in Chicago, Illinois to lawyer Arthur Malcolm Cox, Sr. and Mary Edna Boice Cox. He attended North Shore Country Day School from 1930-1943. After graduation, Cox spent two-and-a-half years in the Army.
He attended Black Mountain College on the GI Bill for the 1946 spring and fall quarters and for the 1946 Summer Art Institute. While a student, he also participated in the Recreation Committee.
After leaving Black Mountain College he transferred to Oberlin College (B.A.). He received his M.A. (1953) and Ph.D. (1963) in philosophy from the University of Michigan. He taught philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint.
Courses Taken
Spring semester1945-46: Drawing (Albers), Problems of Philosophy III (Dehn), Modern Novel (Merrick), Contemporary Society (Levi), Work Program.
Summer semester 1946: Basic Design, Woodworking. No instructors listed.
Withdrew on January 8, 1947. Courses incomplete: Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle (Levi), Drawing (Bolotowsky), Human Relations (Wallen), Typing (Rondthaler, Alice)
Author
Mary Emma Harris
Mary Harris has long been regarded as one of the most prominent scholars on Black Mountain College. Her book, "The Arts at Black Mountain College" (1987), is one of the most influential publications on the history of BMC.
