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| | Yellow Springs News Online |
 | | Born in a log cabin in Allen County, Ohio, Fess experienced the death of his father when Simeon was 4, and after that witnessed the further dissolution of his family’s circumstances. |
 | | Fess also attacked Antioch’s financial crisis by introducing an endowment fund drive in memory of Horace Mann, the college’s first president, seeking a $1 donation from every school teacher in Ohio, to reach a goal of $25,000, according to Nethers. |
 | | Although Fess was not able to overcome Antioch’s considerable financial difficulties, he brought to the college a period of strong leadership, relative stability and hopefulness. |
| www.ysnews.com /stories/2003/june/061903_SimeonFess.html (945 words) |
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