Sept. 30, 2010
Last year’s study abroad group at the Temple of Apollo in Didyma, Turkey. Front: Anatole Mori, Michael Barnes, Larkin Philpot, Samuel Kruvand, Brianna Dumont, back: Daniel Williams, Gwen Bobbitt, William Klingner, Mary Simpson and Laureen Kattan.
Story by Laura Lindsey, e-Mosaics, College of Arts and Science
Which came first? Loyal, eager students or an enthusiastic, caring professor? The answer depends on whom you ask. Either way you have a well-respected, dedicated professor and eager classical studies students who flock to Michael Barnes’ classes.
Michael Barnes's most defining moment was when, at the end of his freshman year at the University of Houston, he spent three weeks studying abroad in Greece. He discovered his passion and enrolled in as many ancient Greek classes as he could. The opportunity to work with John Miles Foley, Curators’ Professor and Byler Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, brought him to MU, and for eight years he completed his graduate work here. Interestingly, it wasn’t Foley who kept Barnes here, but rather Anatole Mori.
