Mervin Lane, Jr.

Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

FOCUS

General Studies

ROLE

Student

ATTENDANCE

1946 - 1948

BIRTH

1928-10-05

New York, NY

DEATH

2016-12-31

Santa Barbara, CA

Mervin Lane was a student from fall 1946 to spring 1948. He's well known for his book on BMC called "Sprouted Seeds," among many other works.

A lengthy obituary of Mervin's life and work was shared on Legacy.com.

Relationships

Wife: Fellow BMC student, June Rice

Courses Taken

Fall 1946-1947: Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle with Bill Levi, Human Relations with John Walker, Literary Criticism with M.C. Richards, Chorus with Schlesinger.

Spring 1946-1947: Medieval Culture with Bill Levi, Thomas Mann with M.C. Richards, Writing with M.C. Richards, Acapella with Lowinsky, Chorus with Schlesinger

Fall 1947-1948: Beginning German with F. Rice, Reading Poetry with M.C. Richards, Logic with Levi, Piano with Schlesinger

Spring 1947-1948: German 1 continuation with Rice, Dutch (tutorial) with Trudi Guermonprez, Piano with Schlesinger, Contemporary Philosophy (audit) Levi

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