Comments on: University community remembers with fondness Professor Emerita Margaret Martin Gehman

By: Patti Helton

Patti Helton — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 23:05:01 +0000

Dr. Gehman/Speedy is a true 91��Ƶ legend. She represented so much of what the community values. I spent 17 years at 91��Ƶ as a faculty member, athletic coach and VP of Student Life. Dr. Gehman was always supportive of me personally and professionally. Grateful to have known this amazing woman! She was one of a kind. Rest In Peace Speedy.

By: Daniel Horst

Daniel Horst — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 06:46:33 +0000

Although I don’t remember her personally, Margaret Gehman was a name I heard a lot around home. She was a collaegue and friend of my parents Irvin B. Horst and Ava Rohrer, who both taught at EMC. I was delighted to see them both sitting together in background of the wedding photo at the MWC in Amsterdam in ’67.

By: Anita Rose Runion Ovalle Class of 1958

Anita Rose Runion Ovalle Class of 1958 — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:04:15 +0000

She was a wondeful lady. She was a blessing for everyone. I studied PE under her for one half year at EMC(U). I also taught some of her nieces and nephews when I worked at Paradise Mennonite School in Hagerstown.

By: Dan Lehman

Dan Lehman — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:06:29 +0000

Dr. Margaret Martin Gehman was a longtime colleague of my father, Dr. Harold Lehman. Together they ran the physical education program at EMC in its early years. My father always spoke highly of their collaboration–repeating this to me in a telephone call as recently as a few weeks before his death on August 25. Intriguing that Dr. Gehman and Dr. Lehman passed away peacefully at VMRC within three days of each other–one at 97 and the other at 98. Perhaps physical education and fitness pays off after all!

By: Jim Bishop

Jim Bishop — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:35:26 +0000

Dr. ‘Speedy’ Martin Gehman – what a remarkable woman! Never had her for a course during my years at EMC/91��Ƶ (1963-67) but saw her moving briskly around campus often. In my retirement, I would almost literally run into her regularly at the VMRC Wellness Center. She may have slowed down a tad, but she hadn’t aged a bit as far as her vivacious spirit and mental alertness was concerned (and as far as I know, she didn’t dye her hair, which remained black and intact!). Margaret would have had every right to ‘disown’ the very place she gave so many years of her life, given all the change on campus, but she remained steadfastly supportive, especially with her philanthropic spirit, to the end. Rest in peace, Speedy, although I can’t picture you resting for long, even in eternity.

Glad to see the link to the article in the tribute article above of the donation of her ’67 VW Beetle to 91��Ƶ . . . it’s my all-time favorite news feature I ever wrote during my long years (40) as public information officer. I had a chance to purchase the ‘bug’ after it was completely restored but lacked the $$. Hope it wound up in a good home.