Day: April 8, 2020

Staff Blogger: Mallory Glenn, Advancement & Communications Assistant

Do you miss your Lakeside friends? Stay connected by organizing a virtual get-together on Zoom, an online conferencing service.

Lakeside is a special place because of its people, and even though we can’t be together physically right now, let’s continue to connect and be social with each other in the spirit of Chautauqua.

Many groups in Lakeside have taken part in these virtual socials, and we encourage you to organize a virtual social with your group. Get together with your Lakeside friends to talk, laugh, reminisce and feel a little extra Lakeside love during this time.

You can set up the call yourself, or we can help you connect with your Lakeside tribe. If you would like assistance in setting up the gathering on Zoom, contact the Advancement Office by emailing ad*********@la**********.com.

We hope that you decide to participate in an interactive and unique experience to catch up with your Lakeside friends!

Note: Even if facilitated by Lakeside, these gatherings are meant to be purely social. If you want to stay informed about Lakeside happenings and our response to COVID-19, visit lakesideohio.com/news.

Staff blogger: Dakota Harkins, Director of Education & Heritage Programming

Florence Ellinwood Allen (March 23, 1884 – Sept. 12, 1966) was a 20^th century leader in the field of law – a U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; the first woman to serve on a state supreme court; and one of the first two women to serve as a U.S. federal judge.

When her family moved from Utah to Ohio, Allen’s father took a post as a linguistics professor at Case Western Reserve University. Learning Greek and Latin before she was a teenager, Allen grew up in the glow of her father’s academic career at the university.

She herself graduated from Case in 1904 with bachelor’s degree in music then moved to Germany to develop her musical skills with plans to become a concert pianist. An unfortunate injury brought an end to her musical career, and Allen moved back to Ohio in 1906, where she worked as a music critic for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland.

Connect with your Lakeside friends through a Virtual Social!

Did you know: Florence E. Allen visited Lakeside?