He was NOT an East-West Center grantee, though he did associate with them as part of the group at Atherton Hall on the campus. Not being an East-West Center grantee meant that he was living on a very small stipend without assistance from the US government. Later there was some assistance as "fallout money" in 1960, but still it was very little. In essence, Obama lived in poverty. An article by Michael Dobbs in The Washington Post, states that Elizabeth Mooney Kirk, provided most of the financial support in Obama Sr's early years in the United States, according to the Tom Mboya archives at Stanford University. According to a letter on file in the Mboya papers at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, "most" of Obama Sr.'s early expenses in the United States were covered by an international literacy expert named Elizabeth Mooney Kirk, who had traveled widely in Kenya. Kirk wrote to Mboya in May 1962 to request additional funds to "sponsor Barack Obama for graduate study, preferably at Harvard." She said she would "like to do more" to assist the young man but had two stepchildren ready for college. (Source: Wikipedia and Washington Post.)
This is the first that I've read these names. Does anybody know anything about them? Is this a credible site (source)?
Who paid his bar tabs?
Read Fred Nerks’ posts on this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278969/posts
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Elmer was preceded in death by his first wife of 20 years, Gladys Hawley Kirk, who passed away in 1958; his second wife of 44 years, Sara Elizabeth “Betty” Mooney Kirk, who passed away in 2004; his brothers, J. Ralston Kirk, W. Alan Kirk and Maurice D. Kirk; and a grandson, Aaron E Kirk. ...
This is perhaps a good Thread to put this list out to FReepers of names I have come across who were in someway associate with Barry/Barrack during his college years. I collected these names from reading articles on the web the past several months about BO.
Perhaps someone will be able to do some research on these names and come up with something new.
The following names are associated with Barack Obama during his college days:
Ann Howells- English Professor
Ken Sulzer-
Roger Boesche- Professor
Mark Parsons- Dorm mate from Phili
Kent Goss- Basketball player
John Boyer- Dorm mate
Simeon Heninger- Dorm mate
Eric Morre- Aferican-American student
Louis Hook- Upper class, Aferican-American student
Earl Chew “Marcus”- Aferican-American student
Regina- Dated BO and suggested he change his name
Rebecca Rivera-
Kathy Cooper-Ledesma-
Eric Newhall- Professor and Basketball player