Jane Palmer ’75

OUR CLASSMATE JANE PALMER was killed instantly on Dec. 11. 1993, when she was struck by a car while crossing the street in Hesperia, Calif.

At the time, Jane was visiting friends in Hesperia, which was a special place for her. After "retiring," as she put it, from teaching at Morris College in Sumter, S.C., she had served an apprenticeship in ceramic architecture at the California Institute of Earth Art & Architecture in Hesperia in 1992-93. Her ashes have been placed in a garden at the institute.

After earning her M.F.A. degree in 1979 from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Jane continued "to help students understand themselves and the world through artistic processes," teaching adults and children in school, workshop, studio, and college settings in New Jersey, Japan, Massachusetts, Ohio, and South Carolina. She exhibited her work, including large­scale ceramics, all over the U.S. and in several foreign countries.

Jane is survived by her mother, Madge; by her sister, Ann Esbester; and by two nephews. We join all of them in mourning the loss of this creative spirit.