Earlier in May, the College held a retirement party for two of its beloved professors, Larry Benaquist and Tim Antrim.

Dr. Benaquist came to KSC in 1969 to teach Renaissance lit and soon got sidetracked into creating the Film Studies program. It’s been a wild ride ever since; you can read about some of it in the profile on Dr. Benaquist in the upcoming issue of Keene State Today, due out soon!

Even though officially retired, Dr. Benaquist will still be around campus. He’s teaching a few courses and putting the finishing touches on the film chronicling the history of the College. He’s also still swept along by such historic discoveries as When Lincoln Paid.

Dr. Antrim came to Keene State in 1968 and taught Classical Greek literature, 17th and 18th century British literature, Milton, D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, and the literature of science. A colleague remembers Dr. Antrim reciting “The Battle of Malden” while they stood in the rain waiting for a restaurant’s doors to open for lunch.

He plans to keep earth household in Roxbury, wander the woods, watch the stars, do mathematics, read, write, dance, and play the concertina.

Have a warm memory of either or both of these two remarkable educators? Use the “comments” link to tell us about it.