Lois Raimondo

Olympian,
scaling heights from Afghanistan to Tibet;
Exemplar of the liberal arts,
pursuing knowledge where it might lead;
Prizewinning photojournalist,
capturing the human condition
with courage and compassion;

Storyteller,
awakening our understanding
of the Little Lama, the migrant worker,
the women mutilated by a husband
bent on honor killing,
the dying soldier spread crucified by IV lines;

Unassuming activist
channeling image and word
to the fulfillment of social good;

Wittenberg Fellow.
21 November 2002
Springfield, Ohio