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A brilliant and inspiring professor! Her seminar on Virginia Woolf was one of the greatest classes I ever took.
April 10, 2021
Columbus, Ohio
Longenecker Marlene Blaney Longenecker, a long-time faculty member in the English department at Ohio State University, died at home in Redlands, California, on December 25, 2014, following a vigorous 21 month struggle with acute myeloid leukemia. A trusted advisor and mentor to students and...
Read MoreA brilliant and inspiring professor! Her seminar on Virginia Woolf was one of the greatest classes I ever took.
April 10, 2021
Great friend and mentor to me in the 1960's. Changed my life for the better.
Lynn Rossmann
December 28, 2015 | Los Gatos, CA
I never had Marlene as a teacher but she was a force in the English Department that I felt viscerally. Her commitment to students and the life of the mind was a model for us all. PhD 2003
Brenda Boyle
January 17, 2015 | Granville, OH
A dear friend with many gifts and much love to share. I will miss her as will so many others.
MaryJo Wagner
January 01, 2015 | Denver, CO
Forever thankful to you for being such a wonderful mentor and friend.
Tania Ramalho
January 01, 2015 | Oswego, NY
Marlene was the inspired and loving teacher every student dreams of, and the one I tried to emulate in my own career after Ohio State. I love and will miss her all my life.
Joan McAninch Samuelson
January 01, 2015 | Houston, TX
Marlene was such a valued friend and mentor. It's hard to imagine that she's gone.
Frank Donoghue
January 01, 2015 | Columbus, OH
Marlene was one of those profs that seemed to get you to think harder, often for years afterwards, on topics the undergrad me initially thought were peripheral topics.
Carmen Garland
January 01, 2015 | Columbus, OH
Marlene in August 2014
An amazing life, that touched so many others.
January 01, 2015