Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Jan Winston LONG
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 30, for Jan Winston Long, 94, of Kennett Square, a longtime teacher who died Wednesday, Oct. 30, of congestive heart failure at Kendal at Longwood.
The service will be at 2 p.m. at Kendal, a retirement community at 1109 E. Baltimore Pike, Kennett Square.
From 1946 to 1985, Mr. Long was a teacher at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school in West Chester. He taught math and earth sciences, was a dorm parent, and also coached track and cross-country.
Mr. Long coached the first cross-country team at Westtown School in 1963 and 1964. In 1985, the annual run held on alumni day was renamed the "Long Run" in his honor.
His family said the naming honor recognized his contributions to the lives and education of thousands of students and athletes, both inside and outside the classroom.
"He shared an expectation of civility and a dry sense of humor with his students," his family said in a statement. "They were always his top priority, and they knew it."
Mr. Long, born in Boston, graduated from Haverford College in 1941 with a bachelor's degree in biology and from Cornell University in 1951 with a master's degree in science education.
He was a conscientious objector who did alternative civilian service from 1942 to 1945 as the cook for a timber firefighting unit based in Oregon. As part of his service, he also volunteered in a medical experimental unit at Yale University.
In 1946, Mr. Long met Alice Bacon, a fellow teacher at Westtown School. They married in 1948.
The two were members of Westtown Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends. They worked on a wide variety of service projects. During a sabbatical in 1956 to 1957, they went to Crownpoint, N.M., where they worked with the Navajo Nation to create a community center.
They led a team of Westtown students to Rothenburg, Germany, in the summer of 1952 to help a group of German and Dutch students build a youth hostel.
After Mr. Long retired in 1985, he and his wife volunteered in the Westtown School greenhouse, growing orchids. He enjoyed vegetable gardening, birding, collecting sap for maple syrup, and playing bridge.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are 11 nieces and nephews. Mr. Long donated his body to science.
Donations may be made to the Westtown School Science Institute, 975 Westtown Rd., West Chester, Pa. 19382.
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