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  • Ketti Frings (1909 - 1981)
    Ketti Frings was an American writer, playwright, and screenwriter who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958. Born Katherine Hartley in Columbus, Ohio, Frings attended Principia College, began her career as a c...
  • David Alois Fanta (1928 - 2001)
    Manitowoc Herald-Times Reporter, Wed 15 Aug 2001: Fanta David A. Fanta, Age 73, of Manitowoc, died peacefully at his residence in Pismo Beach, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 13, 2001.A private memorial servic...
  • Egil Krogh (1939 - 2020)
    “Bud” Krogh, Jr. (born August 3, 1939) is an American lawyer who became infamous as an official of the Nixon Administration who was imprisoned for his part in the Watergate Affair. He is currently Seni...
  • Robert Selden Duvall
    Robert Duvall is an American actor and filmmaker. With a career spanning eight decades, he is regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Golden Gl...
  • Mary J Blalock (1938 - 2022)
    Excerpts from her obituary: "Mary was a dedicated teacher, a 40 year veteran with the Orange City Schools in Pepper Pike, Ohio and a loving Sunday School teacher at First Church of Christ, Scientis...

Principia College is a private liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois. It was founded in 1912 by Mary Kimball Morgan with the purpose of "serving the Cause of Christian Science." Although the college is not affiliated with the Christian Science Church, the practice of Christian Science is the cornerstone of campus life.

Principia sits on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River between Alton and Grafton in the Metro East region of Southern Illinois, thirty miles north of St. Louis. A portion of the school's 2,500-acre campus is a designated National Historic Landmark District, for its many buildings and design by architect Bernard Maybeck. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)