· Janice Hicks
May she RIP.
July 23 at 6:32pm
· Pami Taylor
RIP Ms. Lang
July 23 at 6:45pm ·
· Laura Wright
Miss Lang was a marvel and the only reason I actually graduated.
July 23 at 6:51pm ·
· Miranda Jones
Best calf muscles on campus!
July 23 at 6:56pm ·
· Erin Enright
Such an amazing women! RIP
July 23 at 6:56pm ·
· Lisa Anne Gaston
Ms. Lang was a wonderful teacher, scholar and role model. She will be missed.
July 23 at 6:57pm ·
· Kelly Kuwabara
Miss Lang, thank you for teaching me ancient Greek and introducing me to the work of Homer. One of many happy memories of Miss Lang: when Linda Garey (’84) and I absolutely insisted, despite her assurances that you really couldn’t translate… that way, on knowing how to say Miss Lang in Linear B, she eventually allowed that the closest approximation was “Ko Re La.” Ko Re La, thank you for everything – your scholarship, your deep interest in democracy, and your constant sincere engagement. You were one of the best teachers I’ve ever had, of any kind. – Kelly Kuwabara ’84
July 23 at 7:01pm
· Jo-anne Frost
Professor Lang loved what she taught and it showed. Thanks for the introduction to Greek history. I imagine she’s chatting with Homer and Socrates today.
July 23 at 7:11pm ·
· Anne Burton
She was one of a kind. A great kind. She was kind and generous with her knowledge, and opinions. Uncompromising with her comments on papers — quotiing Hamlet, on one of mine, and not to good effect (for me). I totally enjoyed sparring …with her.
The Greek sandals, laced up over the entire well-muscled calf to the knee, the blue-and-white wrap-around skirt with sailboats on it…from 74 to 78, I do not believe we ever saw her wear pants.
For exelauno day, March 4, we had an unscheduled, in-class party (unheard-of!) and brought in coffee and donuts for the 8 am baby Greek class.
One time, I presented her with a survey that showed people wanting to read John in baby Greek, instead of Mark. She was agreeable to that, and we read John for a week or so, much to my delight, as John was my History of Religion course at the moment.
She seemed at heart a shy person, but one with a formidable presence, as has been noted. I hope that she had fun and enjoyed her retirement years. Ave atque vale Mabel.
July 23 at 7:27pm ·
· Alison Velez Lane
I felt lots of light and energy from her. She walked briskly. She inspired confidence and joy.
July 23 at 8:11pm ·
· Selena Shuman
I was quite sure she was immortal.
July 23 at 8:29pm ·
· Maureen Basedow
How relentless? How tough? I was one of the worst Greek students ever – Fs, Ds, all over my transcript. She really wanted you to learn Greek. She did not want you to pass the course or get a good grade. Anything else was unacceptable. She wanted you to learn Greek, and if you stuck with it, and learned to accept failure along the way as the price of any great achievement, you did.
July 23 at 8:31pm ·
· Bina Williams
I was motivationally challenged (i.e. I procrastinated until it was beyond repair) in Baby Greek. I took an incomplete in May. In September when I came back, I panicked and told Miss Lang that I didn;t want to take the exam and would flunk …the semester. She pointed out that I would lose credit for the entire year if I dropped the spring half. She found a grad student to tutor me for a week and then let me take the exam which I did pass. I never would have expected her to be so kind to a screw-up like me! She earned not only my gratitude but my respect for that. I love all these descriptions of her! I remember that skirt!
July 23 at 8:31pm ·
· Maureen Basedow
She knew that, once you’ve learned that with Greek, you can apply it to just about anything.
July 23 at 8:32pm ·
· Mary Powell
I haven’t been called Miss Meisch in oh so many years. What a great woman! I miss her and those days!
July 23 at 8:44pm ·
· Helena Cole
I had her for baby greek my freshman year–she both terrified and amazed me. She admonished us for calling her Professor Lang the first day. As a daughter of a classisist, I think I disappointed her in that I didn’t live and breathe greek but I still tell stories about her class as being so quintessential Bryn Mawr. Getting up an hour early to sight read the New Testament; her shock that we were the first class in 40 years not to finish the Crito!
July 23 at 10:19pm ·
· Susan Yamamoto @Maureen
You are right. I was a pathetic Greek student. She was terrifying but understanding (as I found out in the end). I remember the small, cold classroom in Dalton. Also, her golf ball/duck skirt.
July 23 at 10:59pm ·
· Elleanor Chin
She taught ancient greek history and made the peloponnesian wars seem as recent as the vietnam war. And she blazed around campus at a speed walk with those insane calves. May she rest in peace (or give them all hell in the hereafter, whichever makes her happy)
July 24 at 1:29am ·
· Alison Hymes
I never took a course with her but I was on a committee she visiited once, I’ll never forget the respect with which she treated a student she’d never met. RIP and G-d bless.
July 24 at 3:32am ·
· Kristin Manitzas Miles
And she never took a sabbatical- that’s dedication!
July 24 at 10:34am ·
· Lisa Gordon
I took baby Greek as a junior Latin major. It was probably a much more amusing experience than taking it as a frosh. I had heard she ate freshman for breakfast (and she did!) but I was able to enjoy her unrelentingly pushing us to do our best. I always did my Greek homework first!
July 24 at 6:51pm ·
· Dottie Gallo
R.I.P Professor Lang.
July 24 at 9:14pm ·
· Sheila D’Atri
She was an inspiration to me as a graduate student. The way she taught me to think about the ancient world and the modern world has stayed with me throughout my life. I loved her incisive comments and quick wit. We exchanged cards at Christmas for many years and I have always been grateful to her for her kind and supportive words. She was indeed awesome.
July 27 at 5:21pm ·