Magdaline was the third of six children {three sons, then three daughters} born to William Francis & Mary Magdeline "Lena" (Pahl) Eckes.
The following "BIO" is adapted [w/edits] from her obituary published in the Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette on 1 October, 2001.
"Magdaline W. Shannon, 86, of 13 Fairview Knoll NE, died Sunday morning, Sept. 30, 2001, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City after a lengthy illness. No services are planned at this time. Burial of the cremains will be made with her spouse at the time of his demise, with arrangements by George L. Gay Funeral Home & Crematorium, Iowa City.
"Magdaline has been recognized for her excellent translation of Jean Price- Mars' (1876-1969) 1928 volume, "Ainsi Parla l'Oncle" ("So Spoke the Uncle," (c) Three Continents Press, 1983).
"His late son, Louis Price-Mars, a distinguished scholar & diplomat in his own right, said her translation was not merely a literal translation but one which preserved the spoken & written skills of Price-Mars, the well-known anthropologically and sociologically oriented scholar, diplomat & educator. Although widely published in French, none of his 10 books and 100 articles had appeared in English.
"As Robert A. Rosenstone stated in his New York Times review of her translation of "Ainsi" (April 1984), "....a good deal of thanks are owed Magdaline W. Shannon for translating this historic volume and at last giving us an understanding of both voodoo and the Caribbean culture that it represents." Numerous reviews in anthropological and African-American-oriented scholarly journals echoed this view.
"In her most recent book, "Jean Price-Mars, the Haitian Elite and the American Occupation 1915-35," (Macmillan 1996), Magdaline Shannon chronicled Price-Mars' career with emphasis on the role that he played in Haitian politics during the American occupation of Haiti. While opposition to the American occupation by Charlemagne Peralte's armed cacos was unsuccessful, Price-Mars, as "le cacos de l'plume," united the people, making them proud to be black and Haitians. But his efforts to bring the intellectual elite and illiterate peasants together for a return to self-government were unsuccessful, as were those by others in the past and the present.
"Many years in and out of Haiti, commencing in 1968, made her so well known to Haitians that when her spouse was asked who he was he simply replied that "he was Magdaline Shannon's husband, the lady who had translated "Ainsi."
"Magdaline Shannon received a B.A. in French from the College of St. Benedict (Minnesota). She was always ready to recount how she, as an undergraduate, had hosted a luncheon for Dorothy Day, one-time editor of the Catholic Daily Worker and close friend of the anarchist Amon Hennesy, the latter the nemesis of New York's St. Patrick's pastors. Her M.A. and Ph.D. in contemporary American History were awarded by the University of Iowa.
"Her initial interest in the contribution of black people to civilization developed while teaching world history in an all-black school in the inner city of Milwaukee, Wis.
"It was further increased in the 1950s when working on an interdisciplinary volume on underdeveloped areas.
"She once led a protest march by the Citizens Committee Against the Vietnam War dressed in her best attire and was apologized to by the police when they stepped on her toes while giving the students Vs for victory on their skulls.
"She was born in 1914 in Breckenridge, Minn., in the nearest hospital to their Wahpeton, N.D., home. She is survived by her spouse, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Lyle W. Shannon of Iowa City; and four children: artist Mary Shannon Will of Calgary, Alberta and Albuquerque, N.M., Hollywood film technician Susan Michelle Shannon of Mission Hills, Calif., Robert William Shannon of Seattle, Wash., and John Thomas Shannon of Missoula, Mont.
"She met her spouse in the summer of 1942 when they were assistant pursers on the Milwaukee Clipper. She was the first assistant who took care of the "steamboat's" money, he as the second assistant purser, a sociologist who was supposed to take care of the numerous problems which developed throughout the night.
"Their first meeting did not go well for him because he, unwittingly, had his feet on her desk as he twirled his spectacles & announced that he was just out of Cornell (he did not say that it was Cornell College in Iowa).
"She sternly replied that she didn't care what he was just out of and should take his feet off her desk. They were married in 1943.
"She resided over the years in various cities from Seattle and San Francisco to Madison, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit and Itaca, N.Y. She had lived in Iowa City since 1962."
The following "BIO" is adapted [w/edits] from her obituary published in the Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette on 1 October, 2001.
"Magdaline W. Shannon, 86, of 13 Fairview Knoll NE, died Sunday morning, Sept. 30, 2001, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City after a lengthy illness. No services are planned at this time. Burial of the cremains will be made with her spouse at the time of his demise, with arrangements by George L. Gay Funeral Home & Crematorium, Iowa City.
"Magdaline has been recognized for her excellent translation of Jean Price- Mars' (1876-1969) 1928 volume, "Ainsi Parla l'Oncle" ("So Spoke the Uncle," (c) Three Continents Press, 1983).
"His late son, Louis Price-Mars, a distinguished scholar & diplomat in his own right, said her translation was not merely a literal translation but one which preserved the spoken & written skills of Price-Mars, the well-known anthropologically and sociologically oriented scholar, diplomat & educator. Although widely published in French, none of his 10 books and 100 articles had appeared in English.
"As Robert A. Rosenstone stated in his New York Times review of her translation of "Ainsi" (April 1984), "....a good deal of thanks are owed Magdaline W. Shannon for translating this historic volume and at last giving us an understanding of both voodoo and the Caribbean culture that it represents." Numerous reviews in anthropological and African-American-oriented scholarly journals echoed this view.
"In her most recent book, "Jean Price-Mars, the Haitian Elite and the American Occupation 1915-35," (Macmillan 1996), Magdaline Shannon chronicled Price-Mars' career with emphasis on the role that he played in Haitian politics during the American occupation of Haiti. While opposition to the American occupation by Charlemagne Peralte's armed cacos was unsuccessful, Price-Mars, as "le cacos de l'plume," united the people, making them proud to be black and Haitians. But his efforts to bring the intellectual elite and illiterate peasants together for a return to self-government were unsuccessful, as were those by others in the past and the present.
"Many years in and out of Haiti, commencing in 1968, made her so well known to Haitians that when her spouse was asked who he was he simply replied that "he was Magdaline Shannon's husband, the lady who had translated "Ainsi."
"Magdaline Shannon received a B.A. in French from the College of St. Benedict (Minnesota). She was always ready to recount how she, as an undergraduate, had hosted a luncheon for Dorothy Day, one-time editor of the Catholic Daily Worker and close friend of the anarchist Amon Hennesy, the latter the nemesis of New York's St. Patrick's pastors. Her M.A. and Ph.D. in contemporary American History were awarded by the University of Iowa.
"Her initial interest in the contribution of black people to civilization developed while teaching world history in an all-black school in the inner city of Milwaukee, Wis.
"It was further increased in the 1950s when working on an interdisciplinary volume on underdeveloped areas.
"She once led a protest march by the Citizens Committee Against the Vietnam War dressed in her best attire and was apologized to by the police when they stepped on her toes while giving the students Vs for victory on their skulls.
"She was born in 1914 in Breckenridge, Minn., in the nearest hospital to their Wahpeton, N.D., home. She is survived by her spouse, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Lyle W. Shannon of Iowa City; and four children: artist Mary Shannon Will of Calgary, Alberta and Albuquerque, N.M., Hollywood film technician Susan Michelle Shannon of Mission Hills, Calif., Robert William Shannon of Seattle, Wash., and John Thomas Shannon of Missoula, Mont.
"She met her spouse in the summer of 1942 when they were assistant pursers on the Milwaukee Clipper. She was the first assistant who took care of the "steamboat's" money, he as the second assistant purser, a sociologist who was supposed to take care of the numerous problems which developed throughout the night.
"Their first meeting did not go well for him because he, unwittingly, had his feet on her desk as he twirled his spectacles & announced that he was just out of Cornell (he did not say that it was Cornell College in Iowa).
"She sternly replied that she didn't care what he was just out of and should take his feet off her desk. They were married in 1943.
"She resided over the years in various cities from Seattle and San Francisco to Madison, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit and Itaca, N.Y. She had lived in Iowa City since 1962."
Magdaline was the third of six children {three sons, then three daughters} born to William Francis & Mary Magdeline "Lena" (Pahl) Eckes.
The following "BIO" is adapted [w/edits] from her obituary published in the Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette on 1 October, 2001.
"Magdaline W. Shannon, 86, of 13 Fairview Knoll NE, died Sunday morning, Sept. 30, 2001, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City after a lengthy illness. No services are planned at this time. Burial of the cremains will be made with her spouse at the time of his demise, with arrangements by George L. Gay Funeral Home & Crematorium, Iowa City.
"Magdaline has been recognized for her excellent translation of Jean Price- Mars' (1876-1969) 1928 volume, "Ainsi Parla l'Oncle" ("So Spoke the Uncle," (c) Three Continents Press, 1983).
"His late son, Louis Price-Mars, a distinguished scholar & diplomat in his own right, said her translation was not merely a literal translation but one which preserved the spoken & written skills of Price-Mars, the well-known anthropologically and sociologically oriented scholar, diplomat & educator. Although widely published in French, none of his 10 books and 100 articles had appeared in English.
"As Robert A. Rosenstone stated in his New York Times review of her translation of "Ainsi" (April 1984), "....a good deal of thanks are owed Magdaline W. Shannon for translating this historic volume and at last giving us an understanding of both voodoo and the Caribbean culture that it represents." Numerous reviews in anthropological and African-American-oriented scholarly journals echoed this view.
"In her most recent book, "Jean Price-Mars, the Haitian Elite and the American Occupation 1915-35," (Macmillan 1996), Magdaline Shannon chronicled Price-Mars' career with emphasis on the role that he played in Haitian politics during the American occupation of Haiti. While opposition to the American occupation by Charlemagne Peralte's armed cacos was unsuccessful, Price-Mars, as "le cacos de l'plume," united the people, making them proud to be black and Haitians. But his efforts to bring the intellectual elite and illiterate peasants together for a return to self-government were unsuccessful, as were those by others in the past and the present.
"Many years in and out of Haiti, commencing in 1968, made her so well known to Haitians that when her spouse was asked who he was he simply replied that "he was Magdaline Shannon's husband, the lady who had translated "Ainsi."
"Magdaline Shannon received a B.A. in French from the College of St. Benedict (Minnesota). She was always ready to recount how she, as an undergraduate, had hosted a luncheon for Dorothy Day, one-time editor of the Catholic Daily Worker and close friend of the anarchist Amon Hennesy, the latter the nemesis of New York's St. Patrick's pastors. Her M.A. and Ph.D. in contemporary American History were awarded by the University of Iowa.
"Her initial interest in the contribution of black people to civilization developed while teaching world history in an all-black school in the inner city of Milwaukee, Wis.
"It was further increased in the 1950s when working on an interdisciplinary volume on underdeveloped areas.
"She once led a protest march by the Citizens Committee Against the Vietnam War dressed in her best attire and was apologized to by the police when they stepped on her toes while giving the students Vs for victory on their skulls.
"She was born in 1914 in Breckenridge, Minn., in the nearest hospital to their Wahpeton, N.D., home. She is survived by her spouse, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Lyle W. Shannon of Iowa City; and four children: artist Mary Shannon Will of Calgary, Alberta and Albuquerque, N.M., Hollywood film technician Susan Michelle Shannon of Mission Hills, Calif., Robert William Shannon of Seattle, Wash., and John Thomas Shannon of Missoula, Mont.
"She met her spouse in the summer of 1942 when they were assistant pursers on the Milwaukee Clipper. She was the first assistant who took care of the "steamboat's" money, he as the second assistant purser, a sociologist who was supposed to take care of the numerous problems which developed throughout the night.
"Their first meeting did not go well for him because he, unwittingly, had his feet on her desk as he twirled his spectacles & announced that he was just out of Cornell (he did not say that it was Cornell College in Iowa).
"She sternly replied that she didn't care what he was just out of and should take his feet off her desk. They were married in 1943.
"She resided over the years in various cities from Seattle and San Francisco to Madison, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit and Itaca, N.Y. She had lived in Iowa City since 1962."
The following "BIO" is adapted [w/edits] from her obituary published in the Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette on 1 October, 2001.
"Magdaline W. Shannon, 86, of 13 Fairview Knoll NE, died Sunday morning, Sept. 30, 2001, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City after a lengthy illness. No services are planned at this time. Burial of the cremains will be made with her spouse at the time of his demise, with arrangements by George L. Gay Funeral Home & Crematorium, Iowa City.
"Magdaline has been recognized for her excellent translation of Jean Price- Mars' (1876-1969) 1928 volume, "Ainsi Parla l'Oncle" ("So Spoke the Uncle," (c) Three Continents Press, 1983).
"His late son, Louis Price-Mars, a distinguished scholar & diplomat in his own right, said her translation was not merely a literal translation but one which preserved the spoken & written skills of Price-Mars, the well-known anthropologically and sociologically oriented scholar, diplomat & educator. Although widely published in French, none of his 10 books and 100 articles had appeared in English.
"As Robert A. Rosenstone stated in his New York Times review of her translation of "Ainsi" (April 1984), "....a good deal of thanks are owed Magdaline W. Shannon for translating this historic volume and at last giving us an understanding of both voodoo and the Caribbean culture that it represents." Numerous reviews in anthropological and African-American-oriented scholarly journals echoed this view.
"In her most recent book, "Jean Price-Mars, the Haitian Elite and the American Occupation 1915-35," (Macmillan 1996), Magdaline Shannon chronicled Price-Mars' career with emphasis on the role that he played in Haitian politics during the American occupation of Haiti. While opposition to the American occupation by Charlemagne Peralte's armed cacos was unsuccessful, Price-Mars, as "le cacos de l'plume," united the people, making them proud to be black and Haitians. But his efforts to bring the intellectual elite and illiterate peasants together for a return to self-government were unsuccessful, as were those by others in the past and the present.
"Many years in and out of Haiti, commencing in 1968, made her so well known to Haitians that when her spouse was asked who he was he simply replied that "he was Magdaline Shannon's husband, the lady who had translated "Ainsi."
"Magdaline Shannon received a B.A. in French from the College of St. Benedict (Minnesota). She was always ready to recount how she, as an undergraduate, had hosted a luncheon for Dorothy Day, one-time editor of the Catholic Daily Worker and close friend of the anarchist Amon Hennesy, the latter the nemesis of New York's St. Patrick's pastors. Her M.A. and Ph.D. in contemporary American History were awarded by the University of Iowa.
"Her initial interest in the contribution of black people to civilization developed while teaching world history in an all-black school in the inner city of Milwaukee, Wis.
"It was further increased in the 1950s when working on an interdisciplinary volume on underdeveloped areas.
"She once led a protest march by the Citizens Committee Against the Vietnam War dressed in her best attire and was apologized to by the police when they stepped on her toes while giving the students Vs for victory on their skulls.
"She was born in 1914 in Breckenridge, Minn., in the nearest hospital to their Wahpeton, N.D., home. She is survived by her spouse, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Lyle W. Shannon of Iowa City; and four children: artist Mary Shannon Will of Calgary, Alberta and Albuquerque, N.M., Hollywood film technician Susan Michelle Shannon of Mission Hills, Calif., Robert William Shannon of Seattle, Wash., and John Thomas Shannon of Missoula, Mont.
"She met her spouse in the summer of 1942 when they were assistant pursers on the Milwaukee Clipper. She was the first assistant who took care of the "steamboat's" money, he as the second assistant purser, a sociologist who was supposed to take care of the numerous problems which developed throughout the night.
"Their first meeting did not go well for him because he, unwittingly, had his feet on her desk as he twirled his spectacles & announced that he was just out of Cornell (he did not say that it was Cornell College in Iowa).
"She sternly replied that she didn't care what he was just out of and should take his feet off her desk. They were married in 1943.
"She resided over the years in various cities from Seattle and San Francisco to Madison, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit and Itaca, N.Y. She had lived in Iowa City since 1962."
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