Nancy West
Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
FOCUS
General Studies
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1942 - 1942
BIRTH
1921-09-27
Hartford, CT
DEATH
2015-11-29
Bloomfield, CT
Nancy West was a student at the college in 1942 where she took Introductory Weaving with Anni Albers.
Her obituary appeared in the Hartford Courant, December 3, 2015 and gave this summary of her life:
"Nancy graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1940, and attended Green [Black] Mountain College in Asheville, NC. She served in the United States Coast Guard from 1944-46. She lived in New York City for many years, working for the National Audubon Society and Life Magazine. In later years she returned to Hartford, and worked for the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development."
Alternative Names: Nancy Prentis, married Robert Prentis July 1965
