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Barry McNeill, Editor; John McIntosh, Audio & Camera; David Scheatzle, Director; Linda Van Scoy, Chair Video History Project.

Alice Lloyd College is named for its founder, Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd, who came to the Eastern Kentucky Mountains from her native home in Boston. Early in her career, she was a writer for local newspapers and periodicals. In 1902, Miss Geddes was publisher and editor of The Cambridge Press, the first publication in America with an all-female staff. Eastern Kentucky was sorely lacking in educational opportunities when Alice Lloyd arrived at Ivis, Kentucky, in 1916. She saw the need for regional uplift and felt that through education, the Appalachian people could have a brighter future. Armed with an invitation from a local resident, she came to Pippa Passes to teach the children. Mrs. Lloyd knew that she was among some of the brightest and best students that could be found anywhere. To ensure that no student would be turned away because of financial difficulty, she instituted a mandatory student work program. Mrs. Lloyd secured the success of her mission through generous financial support of her friends on the east coast, voluntary teachers, and “faith as firm as a rock and aspirations as high as the mountains.”, opens in a new window Read more at https://www.alc.edu/about-us/our-history/, opens in a new window

Roger Axford was on the ASU faculty for 21 years specializing in issues of adult education. He authored a number of books about changing careers and retiring. Steve Allen wrote a foreword for one of his books. He was a social activist and was adamantly opposed to war.