MAURICE HOWLAND WEBSTER

MAURICE HOWLAND WEBSTER MARCH 6, 1927 TO MAY 19, 2017 Maurice was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1927 and was brought up in The Great Depression. Maurice graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology (BS & MS). He followed a career in education, having taught mathematics for more than three decades. Maurice was dyslexic and his struggles in school propelled him to become a passionate advocate of teaching to the individualized needs of the student, recognizing that children do not all learn the same way and all children are valuable. Maurice was the Director of Learning Resources at Malcolm X College in Chicago. He taught at Notre Dame HS in Niles, IL; at the Central YMCA HS in Chicago; at Arlington HS in Arlington Hts., IL (where he created an innovative alternative HS within the school called Pocket School); and at Prospect HS in Mt. Prospect, IL. Maurice married Grace Kooistra in 1956. After retiring in 1992, Maurice moved to Santa Fe with Grace, who predeceased him in 2004. In retirement Maurice traveled, studied, and wrote about religion, politics and education. He maintained a couple of blogs as well as writing books and articles. Some of his writings can be found online under his name. Maurice was active in the formation of the Green Party in NM. His many passions included sociology, politics, archaeoastronomy, the environment, education, religion, science, psychology, and art. Maurice was a long time member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe. He died at home at age 90. Maurice is survived by his children Keith, Mark and Barbara Arntzen, and grandchildren Alexander Webster, Towner, Aspen and Finn Webster Anderson. Maurice was a kind, generous and creative man. He helped many people and will be deeply missed by his family and many friends.