ELEANOR LEWER COURTNEY ’45, a longtime English professor at Westmont, died August 4, 2023, at the age of 99. Born in Tibet to missionary parents, she grew up in Yunnan, China, and went to school in Hong Kong. Fleeing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, she came to the United States at 17. She majored in English literature and wed Charles Courtney ’45 the day they both graduated from Westmont. Eleanor taught English at Westmont from 1952 to 1997, earning her master’s and doctoral degrees in medieval literature from the University of Arizona while raising five children. She specialized in Chaucer and invited students to come to dinner and dress as figures from “The Canterbury Tales.” She also wrote several books detailing her memoirs of China. Three children survive her: Roxane, Rosine and Breton ’78 and his wife, Terri Golden Courtney ’78. Two predeceased her: Odette Green ’72 and Gavin. 1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...