The Campus Chronicle
Vol. XVI, Issue 10
for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts
Nov. 2, 2001

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Obituaries

Hodges Glenn Sr.

Hodges Glenn Sr., 71, of Tallahassee, Fla., a retired maintainer in Physical Plant, died Aug. 31.

He served the University for 141/2 years before retiring in 1996.
A native of Tallahassee, he was an Army veteran.

He is survived by four sons, Hodges Glenn Jr., Randy Arzavia Glenn, Anthony Craig Glenn and Endre Demario Glenn; a daughter, Consuelo Maria Glenn; a brother, James B. Glenn of Tallahassee; and five grandchildren.

Warren D. Anderson

Warren D. Anderson, 81, of Edina, Minn., professor emeritus of Comparative Literature, died Oct. 12 in Minneapolis.

He served the University for 15 years before retiring in 1985. As chair of the Comparative Literature Program, he oversaw its growth into a department in the early 1970s. He also chaired the graduate studies, personnel, and curriculum committees and served as the department's graduate program director. He founded and directed the Translation Center and served in the Faculty Senate and on the personnel policy committee for the Faculty of Humanities and Fine Arts.

He received a Chancellor's Medal in 1986.

He also taught at the College of Wooster (Ohio) and at the universities of Michigan and Iowa. He chaired the comparative literature department at Iowa for two years.

Also a composer, his scholarly interests often embraced music, and he was a leading authority on ancient Greek music. He wrote 72 entries for the 1981 edition of the "New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians," mainly on Greek and Roman music and musical aspects of classical literature and mythology. He wrote or translated five books, including "Ethos and Education in Greek Music" and "Matthew Arnold and the Classical Tradition."
He reviewed manuscripts for a number of journals, published approximately 20 articles of his own and many translations.

He was a member of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Philological Association, among other organizations.

He held a B.A. from Haverford College, and an Oxford B.A., which he received as a Rhodes Scholar. His M.A. and Ph.D., both from Harvard, were in classical philology.

During World War II, he worked in Australia, translating Japanese codes in the U.S. Signal Intelligence Service, reaching the rank of technician 3rd grade. After the war, he became a 2nd lieutenant in the Army reserve.

He served on the board of trustees of the Amherst Academy for a number of years and was its president for a term.

He enjoyed hiking, archery, bicycling, and competitive walking. At 70, he was invited to the Star of the North Games, Minnesota's state athletic competition, after coming in third in a 5K race.

His wife Anne died in 1996.

He leaves a daughter Claudia; two sons, Eric and Peter, and five grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Stephen's Choir, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 4439 West 50th St., Edina, MN 55424.

 
    
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