Over 60 Years with Owen Cramer

Classics Professor Owen Cramer has taught at Colorado College for over 60 years, and in that time he has made some long-lasting impacts on the school. Cramer, best known for his Latin and ancient Greek classes, was on the committee alongside Professor Tim Fuller to develop the Block Plan that students all know today. He was also recruited by the college to restart the Classics Department, which had been without full-time faculty since the early 1950s. Cramer was also a part of developing the Comparative Literature Department on campus. Cramer has been at the forefront of educational development at CC. However, CC was not Cramer’s first introduction to the liberal arts. He spent his college years studying at Oberlin College, a private liberal arts institute in Ohio. Cramer had planned to pursue his education in chemistry but eventually changed course.

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