John Michael Graham, a Drake University acting professor and lifelong theater artist, died at the age of 54 on April 3, 2023, at his family home in Des Moines. Graham was born in Santa Clara, California to Donald and Clarine Graham on Oct. 5, 1969. He began his theater career in the early 1970s with […]
Louis John Wolter, a longtime professor and educator at Drake University, died at the age of 93 while vacationing in Florida on Feb. 22, 2023. Wolter was born in Western Springs, Illinois, to Louis Edward Wolter and Ottilie L. Wolter on Nov. 27, 1929. He served in the United States Air Force for four years […]
On April 3, 2023, our Drake community lost the kind, creative soul that was Professor John Graham. He taught in the Theatre Department, and I knew him as one of the leaders of the Theatre History J-term that I took in London this past January. When I heard JG had passed away, I felt confused […]