Sybil Malinowski Melody, Interview with Scarlett Andes, 2020
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Title
Sybil Malinowski Melody, Interview with Scarlett Andes, 2020
Summary
Sybil Malinowski Melody, Mundelein class of 1970, was interviewed by Loyola graduate student, Scarlett Andes. Malinowski Melody discusses her studies in the social sciences at Mundelein and particularly appreciates the broad spectrum of classes she was able to take part in. Malinowski Melody characterizes the changes at Mundelein she witnessed during the 1960s as a transformation in which the school went from a “finishing school for young girls” to a “real academic force.” Melody outlines the academic accomplishments and inspiring pedagogy of her various professors, including Dr. Irene Meyer and Dr. Russel Barta. This interview also includes Malinowski Melody’s experiences as a student worker in rehabilitation at the Chicago State Mental Hospital.
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Date Created
August 12, 2020
Biography
Sybil Malinowski Melody (nee Malinowski) was born and raised in Chicago and attended Cathedral High School. After high school, in 1966 she enrolled in Mundelein College, where she pursued the Social Sciences Concentration. Throughout high school and until her junior year of college, she worked at Allied Radio in downtown Chicago, following which she worked full time for the summer of 1969 moving books into Mundelein’s new Learning Resource Center (currently the Loyola Sullivan Center). She also worked for several months at a phone company during her senior year before leaving for a study abroad program in Switzerland. She left partway through the program and completed her final degree requirements at Mundelein in 1972. She considers herself a member of the class of 1970, with whom she entered Mundelein.
After graduation, Sybil Malinowski Melody attended and graduated from law school and led a successful career as an attorney. She is now retired and resides in Clarkdale, Arizona. She attributes her appreciation of art and music to Mundelein’s core curriculum that was pioneered around the time she began as a student, along with many other elements of her Mundelein experience. Nowadays, she supports local artists and helped to save her local library from closure, and has been involved in her local synagogue.
After graduation, Sybil Malinowski Melody attended and graduated from law school and led a successful career as an attorney. She is now retired and resides in Clarkdale, Arizona. She attributes her appreciation of art and music to Mundelein’s core curriculum that was pioneered around the time she began as a student, along with many other elements of her Mundelein experience. Nowadays, she supports local artists and helped to save her local library from closure, and has been involved in her local synagogue.
Interviewer Biography
Scarlett Andes is a graduate student in the Public History Master’s program at Loyola University Chicago and is a Sesquicentennial Scholar at the WLA, working on projects to mark Loyola’s 150th anniversary. She grew up in Vernon Hills, Illinois and studied anthropology at the University of Illinois.
Time Log
Sybil Malinowski Melody
Interview with Scarlett Andes, August 12, 2020
Via Zoom
Time Log
0–5 minutes
Introduction, family, choosing Mundelein for college, Melody’s sister attending Mundelein, studying sociology, the social science concentration
5-10 minutes
The social science concentration, the core curriculum, most impactful Mundelein classes, art appreciation, the swimming requirement
10-15 minutes
Swimming, social sciences classes, Professor Dr. Russel Barta, psychology classes, Dr. Irene Meyer, internship at Chicago State Mental Hospital
15-20 minutes
Internship continued, insight into changing mental health treatments and policies, Professor Bill Hill
20-25 minutes
Professor Bill Hill, theology and philosophy classes, study abroad in Switzerland, Rose Marie Moranto Anichini, leaving study abroad early
25-30 minutes
Leaving study abroad early, making mistakes, commuting to Mundelein, commuting compared to dorm life, commuter lockers, playing pinochle in the commuter lounge
30-35 minutes
Working for Allied Radio, burger joints near Mundelein, working during the summer of 1969 transferring books to Mundelein’s new Learning Resource Center
35-40 minutes
Transferring books continued, working for Illinois Bell Telephone as an operator, changes in technology, Melody’s mother’s childhood in central Wisconsin without plumbing or electricity
40-45 minutes
Changes in technology, Mundelein’s language labs, world events during Melody’s time at Mundelein, The British Invasion, Simon and Garfunkel concert at Mundelein (Fall 1966), listening to new albums in the dorms, The Civil Rights Movement, BVMs at Mundelein approaching activism, the Anti-War (or Peace) Movement, drugs
45-50 minutes
Dress code changes at Mundelein, youth movements worldwide, The Cultural Revolution in China, Melody’s Honors Convocation 1966 program and opting to sit in the balcony rather than participate
50-55 minutes
Sitting in the balcony continued, 1970 class reactions to nuns’ reasoning, origins of the Women’s Movement, being at a women’s school during the Women’s Movement
55 minutes-1:00
1968 as a pivotal year worldwide, Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination and riots in Chicago, RFK assassination, Democratic National Convention, Anti-Vietnam War symposium at Mundelein, Ann Matasar, the New Church Mass at the Religious Education Center
1:00-1:05
The Religious Education Center, participatory mass, the end of the Skyscraper student newspaper, not being involved in student groups
1:05-1:10
Atmosphere at activist events at Mundelein, staying in touch with friends from Mundelein, attending events at Mundelein after graduating, William Ferris appearance at Mundelein
1:10-1:15
Loyola’s uses of the Skyscraper building, the Gannon Center, Ann Ida Gannon, BVM, Mundelein affiliation with Loyola in 1991, relationship with Loyola while a student at Mundelein,
1:15-1:20
Preserving the spirit of Mundelein, interactions with Ann Ida Gannon, BVM, reorganization of Mundelein in the 1960s, spending time in the Tea Room and Learning Resource Center
1:20-1:25
Loyola’s student union, Father Robert (?) Fox, SJ, the Mundelein experience, literary references, class on Albert Camus, law school
1:25-1:30
Law school, career in law, involvement in nonprofits, no longer being Catholic, studying Buddhism and Taoism, learning about and converting to Judaism
1:30-1:32:13
Melody’s synagogue in the Sedona, Arizona area, ultimate questions about why we are here, changing the world
Interview with Scarlett Andes, August 12, 2020
Via Zoom
Time Log
0–5 minutes
Introduction, family, choosing Mundelein for college, Melody’s sister attending Mundelein, studying sociology, the social science concentration
5-10 minutes
The social science concentration, the core curriculum, most impactful Mundelein classes, art appreciation, the swimming requirement
10-15 minutes
Swimming, social sciences classes, Professor Dr. Russel Barta, psychology classes, Dr. Irene Meyer, internship at Chicago State Mental Hospital
15-20 minutes
Internship continued, insight into changing mental health treatments and policies, Professor Bill Hill
20-25 minutes
Professor Bill Hill, theology and philosophy classes, study abroad in Switzerland, Rose Marie Moranto Anichini, leaving study abroad early
25-30 minutes
Leaving study abroad early, making mistakes, commuting to Mundelein, commuting compared to dorm life, commuter lockers, playing pinochle in the commuter lounge
30-35 minutes
Working for Allied Radio, burger joints near Mundelein, working during the summer of 1969 transferring books to Mundelein’s new Learning Resource Center
35-40 minutes
Transferring books continued, working for Illinois Bell Telephone as an operator, changes in technology, Melody’s mother’s childhood in central Wisconsin without plumbing or electricity
40-45 minutes
Changes in technology, Mundelein’s language labs, world events during Melody’s time at Mundelein, The British Invasion, Simon and Garfunkel concert at Mundelein (Fall 1966), listening to new albums in the dorms, The Civil Rights Movement, BVMs at Mundelein approaching activism, the Anti-War (or Peace) Movement, drugs
45-50 minutes
Dress code changes at Mundelein, youth movements worldwide, The Cultural Revolution in China, Melody’s Honors Convocation 1966 program and opting to sit in the balcony rather than participate
50-55 minutes
Sitting in the balcony continued, 1970 class reactions to nuns’ reasoning, origins of the Women’s Movement, being at a women’s school during the Women’s Movement
55 minutes-1:00
1968 as a pivotal year worldwide, Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination and riots in Chicago, RFK assassination, Democratic National Convention, Anti-Vietnam War symposium at Mundelein, Ann Matasar, the New Church Mass at the Religious Education Center
1:00-1:05
The Religious Education Center, participatory mass, the end of the Skyscraper student newspaper, not being involved in student groups
1:05-1:10
Atmosphere at activist events at Mundelein, staying in touch with friends from Mundelein, attending events at Mundelein after graduating, William Ferris appearance at Mundelein
1:10-1:15
Loyola’s uses of the Skyscraper building, the Gannon Center, Ann Ida Gannon, BVM, Mundelein affiliation with Loyola in 1991, relationship with Loyola while a student at Mundelein,
1:15-1:20
Preserving the spirit of Mundelein, interactions with Ann Ida Gannon, BVM, reorganization of Mundelein in the 1960s, spending time in the Tea Room and Learning Resource Center
1:20-1:25
Loyola’s student union, Father Robert (?) Fox, SJ, the Mundelein experience, literary references, class on Albert Camus, law school
1:25-1:30
Law school, career in law, involvement in nonprofits, no longer being Catholic, studying Buddhism and Taoism, learning about and converting to Judaism
1:30-1:32:13
Melody’s synagogue in the Sedona, Arizona area, ultimate questions about why we are here, changing the world
Index
Sybil Malinowski Melody 2020 Index
KEY
SMM= Sibyl Malinowski Melody Interview
INDEX
Air Force Academy, SMM 0-5
Allied Radio, SMM 30-35
Anti-War Movement, SMM 5-10, SMM 40-45, SMM 50-55
Arts, SMM 5-10
Barta, Russel, SMM 10-15
The Beatles, SMM 40-45, SMM 1:30-1:35
Bible, SMM 40-45
British Invasion, SMM 40-45
Broadway, Chicago, SMM 25-30
Buddhism, SMM 1:25-1:30
BVMs, SMM 0-5, SMM 40-45, SMM 1:10-1:15
Camus, Albert, SMM 1:20-1:25
Cathedral High School, SMM 0-5
Catholic Church, SMM 1:00-1:05, SMM 1:25-1:30
Catholic School, SMM 0-5
Catholics, SMM 15-20, SMM 125-30
Chicago, Illinois, SMM 0-5, SMM 10-15, SMM 25-30, SMM 1:05-1:10
Chicago-Kent College of Law, SMM 1:25-1:30
Chicago "L," SMM 15-20, SMM 25-30
Chicago Public Schools, SMM 0-5
Chicago State Mental Hospital, SMM 10-15
Civil Rights Movement, SMM 5-10, SMM 40-45, SMM 50-55
Clarkdale, Arizona, SMM 1:25-1:30
Cosby, Bill, SMM 50-55
Cultural Revolution in China, SMM 45-50
Daoism, SMM 1:25-1:30
DePaul University, SMM 0-5
Democratic National Convention, 1968, SMM 40-45
Devon Avenue, Chicago, SMM 25-30
Durkheim, Emilie, SMM 10-15
Dylan, Bob, SMM 1:05-1:10
Economics, SMM 5-10
Electroshock Therapy, SMM 15-20
English, SMM 20-25
Europe, SMM 20-25, SMM 25-30, SMM 40-45
Ferris, William, SMM 1:05-1:10
Fox, Robert, SMM 1:20-1:25
French, SMM 20-25, SMM 25-30, SMM 40-45
Friedan, Betty, SMM 50-55
Gannon, Ann Ida, SMM 1:10-1:15, SMM 1:15-1:20
Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, SMM 30-35, SMM 1:10-1:15, SMM 1:15-1:20
German, SMM 20-25, SMM 40-45
Hamilton’s Bar & Grill, SMM 30-35
Hill, Bill, SMM 15-20, SMM 20-25
Illinois Bell Telephone, SMM 35-40
Jesuits, SMM 15-20, SMM 1:20-1:25
Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, SMM 1:30-1:35
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, SMM 55-1:00
Judaism, SMM 1:25-1:30, SMM 1:30-1:35
Kennedy, Robert F., SMM 55-1:00
King, Jr., Martin Luther, SMM 55-1:00
Lausanne, Switzerland, SMM 20-25, SMM 35-40
Lehrer, Tom, SMM 1:05-1:10
Literature, SMM 5-10
Loyola University Chicago, SMM 0-5, SMM 1:20-1:25
Loyola University Chicago Rome Center, SMM 20-25
LSD, SMM 40-45
Matasar, Ann, SMM 55-1:00
Maranto, RoseMarie, SMM 20-25
Marijuana, SMM 40-45
Martin, Steve, SMM 1:20-1:25
Meyer, Irene, SMM 10-15
Michigan State University, SMM 20-25
The Moody Blues, SMM 40-45
Mundelein College, SMM 0-5, SMM 5-10, SMM 15-20, SMM 20-25, SMM 25-30, SMM 30-35, SMM 35-40, SMM 40-45, SMM 45-50, SMM 55-1:00, SMM 1:00-1:05, SMM 1:05-1:10, SMM 1:10-1:15, SMM 1:15-1:20, SMM 1:20-1:25, SMM 1:25-1:30
Mundelein College Coffey Hall, SMM 50-55, SMM 1:15-1:20
Mundelein College Learning Resource Center, SMM 1:05-1:10, SMM 1:15-1:20
Mundelein College Library, SMM 30-35
Mundelein College/Loyola University Chicago affiliation, SMM 1:10-1:15
Mundelein College Skyscraper Building, SMM 25-30, SMM 45-50, SMM 1:10-1:15
Music, SMM 5-10
Nintendo, SMM 40-45
Northland Hall, SMM 25-30
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, SMM 15-20
Peace Movement, SMM 40-45, SMM 50-55
Physical Education, SMM 50-55
Piaf, Edith, SMM 25-30
Philosophy, SMM 5-10, SMM 15-20, SMM 50-55, SMM 1:20-1:25
Playboy, SMM 1:25-1:30
Poland, SMM 0-5
Political Science, SMM 5-10
Psychology, SMM 5-10, SMM 10-15
Radio Shack, SMM 30-35
Religious Education Center, SMM 55-1:00
The Rolling Stones, SMM 40-45
Rush Street, Chicago, SMM 30-35
San Francisco, California, SMM 35-40, SMM 1:05-1:10
Schizophrenia, SMM 15-20
Sciences, SMM 5-10
Sedona, Arizona, SMM 1:25-1:30, SMM 1:30-1:35
Sheridan Road, SMM 55-1:00
Simon and Garfunkel, SMM 40-45
Sir Whoopee Pub, SMM 30-35
Skinner Box, SMM 10-15
Social Sciences, SMM 0-5, SMM 10-15, SMM 15-20
Social Work, SMM 10-15
Sociology, SMM 5-10, SMM 10-15
Steinem, Gloria, SMM 50-55
Steppenwolf Theatre, SMM 120-125
Summer of Love, SMM 55-100
Swimming, SMM 5-10, SMM 10-15
Theology, SMM 5-10, SMM 15-20
University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, SMM 0-5
Washington Street, Chicago, SMM 30-35
Western Avenue, Chicago, SMM 30-35
Woodstock, SMM 55-100
Women’s Movement, SMM 5-10, SMM 10-15, SMM 50-55
Wisconsin, SMM 0-5
Zedong, Mao, SMM 45-50
KEY
SMM= Sibyl Malinowski Melody Interview
INDEX
Air Force Academy, SMM 0-5
Allied Radio, SMM 30-35
Anti-War Movement, SMM 5-10, SMM 40-45, SMM 50-55
Arts, SMM 5-10
Barta, Russel, SMM 10-15
The Beatles, SMM 40-45, SMM 1:30-1:35
Bible, SMM 40-45
British Invasion, SMM 40-45
Broadway, Chicago, SMM 25-30
Buddhism, SMM 1:25-1:30
BVMs, SMM 0-5, SMM 40-45, SMM 1:10-1:15
Camus, Albert, SMM 1:20-1:25
Cathedral High School, SMM 0-5
Catholic Church, SMM 1:00-1:05, SMM 1:25-1:30
Catholic School, SMM 0-5
Catholics, SMM 15-20, SMM 125-30
Chicago, Illinois, SMM 0-5, SMM 10-15, SMM 25-30, SMM 1:05-1:10
Chicago-Kent College of Law, SMM 1:25-1:30
Chicago "L," SMM 15-20, SMM 25-30
Chicago Public Schools, SMM 0-5
Chicago State Mental Hospital, SMM 10-15
Civil Rights Movement, SMM 5-10, SMM 40-45, SMM 50-55
Clarkdale, Arizona, SMM 1:25-1:30
Cosby, Bill, SMM 50-55
Cultural Revolution in China, SMM 45-50
Daoism, SMM 1:25-1:30
DePaul University, SMM 0-5
Democratic National Convention, 1968, SMM 40-45
Devon Avenue, Chicago, SMM 25-30
Durkheim, Emilie, SMM 10-15
Dylan, Bob, SMM 1:05-1:10
Economics, SMM 5-10
Electroshock Therapy, SMM 15-20
English, SMM 20-25
Europe, SMM 20-25, SMM 25-30, SMM 40-45
Ferris, William, SMM 1:05-1:10
Fox, Robert, SMM 1:20-1:25
French, SMM 20-25, SMM 25-30, SMM 40-45
Friedan, Betty, SMM 50-55
Gannon, Ann Ida, SMM 1:10-1:15, SMM 1:15-1:20
Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, SMM 30-35, SMM 1:10-1:15, SMM 1:15-1:20
German, SMM 20-25, SMM 40-45
Hamilton’s Bar & Grill, SMM 30-35
Hill, Bill, SMM 15-20, SMM 20-25
Illinois Bell Telephone, SMM 35-40
Jesuits, SMM 15-20, SMM 1:20-1:25
Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, SMM 1:30-1:35
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, SMM 55-1:00
Judaism, SMM 1:25-1:30, SMM 1:30-1:35
Kennedy, Robert F., SMM 55-1:00
King, Jr., Martin Luther, SMM 55-1:00
Lausanne, Switzerland, SMM 20-25, SMM 35-40
Lehrer, Tom, SMM 1:05-1:10
Literature, SMM 5-10
Loyola University Chicago, SMM 0-5, SMM 1:20-1:25
Loyola University Chicago Rome Center, SMM 20-25
LSD, SMM 40-45
Matasar, Ann, SMM 55-1:00
Maranto, RoseMarie, SMM 20-25
Marijuana, SMM 40-45
Martin, Steve, SMM 1:20-1:25
Meyer, Irene, SMM 10-15
Michigan State University, SMM 20-25
The Moody Blues, SMM 40-45
Mundelein College, SMM 0-5, SMM 5-10, SMM 15-20, SMM 20-25, SMM 25-30, SMM 30-35, SMM 35-40, SMM 40-45, SMM 45-50, SMM 55-1:00, SMM 1:00-1:05, SMM 1:05-1:10, SMM 1:10-1:15, SMM 1:15-1:20, SMM 1:20-1:25, SMM 1:25-1:30
Mundelein College Coffey Hall, SMM 50-55, SMM 1:15-1:20
Mundelein College Learning Resource Center, SMM 1:05-1:10, SMM 1:15-1:20
Mundelein College Library, SMM 30-35
Mundelein College/Loyola University Chicago affiliation, SMM 1:10-1:15
Mundelein College Skyscraper Building, SMM 25-30, SMM 45-50, SMM 1:10-1:15
Music, SMM 5-10
Nintendo, SMM 40-45
Northland Hall, SMM 25-30
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, SMM 15-20
Peace Movement, SMM 40-45, SMM 50-55
Physical Education, SMM 50-55
Piaf, Edith, SMM 25-30
Philosophy, SMM 5-10, SMM 15-20, SMM 50-55, SMM 1:20-1:25
Playboy, SMM 1:25-1:30
Poland, SMM 0-5
Political Science, SMM 5-10
Psychology, SMM 5-10, SMM 10-15
Radio Shack, SMM 30-35
Religious Education Center, SMM 55-1:00
The Rolling Stones, SMM 40-45
Rush Street, Chicago, SMM 30-35
San Francisco, California, SMM 35-40, SMM 1:05-1:10
Schizophrenia, SMM 15-20
Sciences, SMM 5-10
Sedona, Arizona, SMM 1:25-1:30, SMM 1:30-1:35
Sheridan Road, SMM 55-1:00
Simon and Garfunkel, SMM 40-45
Sir Whoopee Pub, SMM 30-35
Skinner Box, SMM 10-15
Social Sciences, SMM 0-5, SMM 10-15, SMM 15-20
Social Work, SMM 10-15
Sociology, SMM 5-10, SMM 10-15
Steinem, Gloria, SMM 50-55
Steppenwolf Theatre, SMM 120-125
Summer of Love, SMM 55-100
Swimming, SMM 5-10, SMM 10-15
Theology, SMM 5-10, SMM 15-20
University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, SMM 0-5
Washington Street, Chicago, SMM 30-35
Western Avenue, Chicago, SMM 30-35
Woodstock, SMM 55-100
Women’s Movement, SMM 5-10, SMM 10-15, SMM 50-55
Wisconsin, SMM 0-5
Zedong, Mao, SMM 45-50
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