Berthold
Christopher Bothe
Memorial Lecture Series
The Bothe Lecture brings
a distinguished poet to campus every spring. The Lecture was endowed
by
the family and friends of Chris Bothe (class of 1972 English
major) to honor his memory.
Berthold
Christopher Bothe (1950 - 1984)
| 1950 |
Born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, May 17. |
| 1968 |
Graduates from Rock
Hall High School
- Student government -
Student Democracy Representative
- athletics - soccer
- music
- guitarist; helps form popular group, Rubberband
- clubs
- Youth for Equal Suffrage
|
| 1968-72 |
Western Maryland College Years
- creative
writing program
- Gold
Bug, editor, entertainment section (4 years on staff)
- Contrast, writer and editor
(1971) (3 years on staff)
- poem
in National Anthology of College
Poetry
- lacrosse (1 year)
- managed
basketball (1 year)
- Carroll County Times (part-time)
- spring
football (1 year)
- Delta Pi Alpha ("Preachers")
(4 years)
|
| 1972-75 |
Layout department, Carroll County Times, Westminster
Printer, Opera House Printing Company, Westminster
Reporter, The Coastal Press, Ocean City (sports editor/photographer)
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association Sports Feature Award
(1973)
Marries Sue Sybert '73, returns for poetry reading on campus
|
| 1976-79 |
Kent County News
- Editorial awards for features,
news story, spot news, photography, and
- sports
photography
- Reporter,
1976
- News
Editor; occasional Sports Editor 1977-79
|
| 1979-80 |
In
St. Croix, Virgin Islands, working for a graphic arts company:
Fawcett Corp. and Antilles
Graphic Arts, Sunny Isle (pressman)
|
| 1980 |
Turns down associate editorship of the Kent
County News and, in May, 1980, forms,
as principal owner and general manager, Kent Printing Corp.,
Cross and Cannon Streets, Chestertown, with partners: John
Spry and Stephen Haje, after buying Kent News printshop.
Statewide
awards:
- for
reproduction of photos in Celebration
on the Chesapeake, a book
- of
photos by Constance Larrabee, an Eastern Shore photographer
- for
four-color labels for the Eastern Shore Tea Co.
- 4or
a poster with a reproduction of a drawing by Ted Ramsey,
a Shore artist
|
| 1980 |
Son Philip born |
| 1982 |
Son Jeffrey born
Active
with Kent Youth, Inc. Eastern Shore Litho Club-, and Printers
Industries of Maryland;
avid sailor and log canoer.
|
| 1984 |
Sunday, January 1,
dies while driving near his home in Rock Hall. |
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