Owen Philip Hawley (August 29, 1930 – July 31, 2006) and Ralph Lietz Schroeder (February 18, 1920 – October 26, 1976) were longlife partners living in Marietta, Ohio.
Owen Philip Hawley was born on August 29, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ida Peterson and Anthony Weber; he was later adopted by Clarence Edgar Hawley and Alicia Myrtle Hevle. [1]
Hawley grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In 1952 he graduated from St. Olaf College, A.B. in 1952, [2] where he was part of the Phi Beta Kappa. He majored in English, History, and French. He later became a Danforth Graduate Fellow and obtained an A.M. in 1954 from Harvard University in History and English. [1] [2]In the summer of 1951 he attended the Summer School Abroad in London, England, organized by the University of Minnesota. [2]
After graduation, Owen Hawley taught in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. [1] In the 1950s he was instructor in English at Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky, and lived in the Campus. [2] In 1964 he took a position at Marietta College and became professor emeritus. He retired in 1990. [1]
Hawley was a volunteer of the Washington County Historical Association and Washington County Public Library. Among his researches those about Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Vachel Lindsay. [1]
In 1967 Hawley published "Orient pearls at random strung: Mr. Emerson comes to Marietta". [3] In 1985 he published "Phi Beta Kappa Gamma of Ohio, Marietta College, 1860-1985: 125th anniversary history and directory" and in 1967 "Of no mean reputation: Charles Sullivan". [4]
In 1962 Schroeder published "Where a lad is: an account of Vachel Lindsay". In 1973 he published "The history-go-round". In 1976, the same year of his death, Schroeder published "History of Washington County, Ohio: with illustrations and biographical sketches". [5] [6]
In 1996 Hawley published a study of the Mound Cemetery at Marietta (where he is now buried). [1]
Hawley and Schroeder lived at 401 Aurora St., Marietta, Ohio. [1]
Owen Hawley and Ralph Schroeder are buried together at Mound Cemetery (Marietta, Ohio).
Owen Hawley left his collection of books, including the Ralph Shroeder-Vachel Lindsay Collection, to various libraries, colleges, and historical societies. [1]