E. John Graham (1951 - 2001)

John Graham served Antioch College with distinction for 12 years, including five as Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations. His commitment to the College’s core values, his professionalism and his panache in telling the “Antioch story” became well known during his time at the College. He died Thursday, November 8, 2001 of a heart attack. John had been Vice President of Development for Muskingum College for the past five months. John’s accomplishments in the areas of planned giving, major gifts, and foundation grants were particularly significant, and helped provide Antioch College with the resources for important campus renovations and program enhancements. In addition, John was part of the fund-raising team in the early 1990s that raised $50 million. “John was not an alum but he might as well have been. His passion for this College, its values and mission, were that of a lifelong Antiochian. He loved good wine, a great story, a gourmet meal, a good cigar, talking about his family, and he never passed up the opportunity to interject a pithy quote from Morgan, Mann, Henderson or Dawson. John would spread the gospel of Antioch to anyone who would listen, be they the baggage handler, Nobel laureate, cab driver, front desk clerk, or VP,” said Callie Cary ’84, Director of Alumni Relations at the College. “For those of you who knew John, tonight, when you sit down to a meal, sip a glass of wine, settle in for a good yarn, or contemplate your Antioch adventure and how it changed your life – take a moment to think of John and his big love of his family, his community, Antioch and all things bright and beautiful,” Callie said. “We miss John dearly, but his indomitable spirit will keep his memory alive.”