ALBION, Mich. – During his tenure as a member of Albion College’s English department, James Cook distinguished himself as an excellent teacher as well as a prolific and respected scholar, analyzing and translating works from numerous languages, genres and time periods.  For the 2002 Schleg Memorial Lecture, Cook will reflect on his Albion experiences and the support he gained from the Albion archives on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Stockwell-Mudd Library’s Wendell Will Room.  A reception at 7 p.m. precedes the presentation.

During his 38-year tenure at Albion College, Cook taught classes including freshman English, reading and writing poetry, the English language, honors humanities, composition, life writing, Chaucer, Renaissance masterworks and British literature. He was named 1985-86 Albion Scholar of the Year and Honors Program Teacher of the Year in 1993-94. He also paved the way for students to travel to Denmark to perform Cook’s translation of Antonia Pulci’s “Play of St. Guglielma.”  He also created the Venice, Italy, off-campus program and was the College’s inaugural Langbo Trustees’ Professor.

The Marilyn Crandell Schleg Memorial Lecture is endowed by a gift from the Schleg family in the name of Albion College Class of 1958 alumna, Marilyn Crandell Schleg. It provides visiting archivists, preservationists, curators and historians the opportunity to lecture on archival and library topics and work with the Albion College community in preserving their legacy.

Marilyn Crandell Schleg was a medical librarian with two Master’s degrees, one in microbiology from the University of Wisconsin and the other from the University of Michigan in library science.  Marilyn was afflicted with Multiple System Atrophy, a form of Parkinson’s disease, for many years before her untimely death in July of 2001.

These events are open to the public and will be interactive.  For more information, contact  Albion College archivist Jennie Thomas, 517-629-0487.

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