Barrett Hollister, a longtime faculty member and administrator at Antioch College and a leading figure in the Religious Society of Friends, widely known as the Quakers, has died at 89.
Mr. Hollister, who died Feb. 6, was a conscientious objector during World War II and a dedicated pacifist whose work took him to Switzerland and New York City for leadership positions with the American Friends Service Committee from 1954-56 and the Quaker United Nations Office from 1969-78. He was a director emeritus of the Dayton Council on World Affairs and a president of the Greene County Chapter of the League of Women Voters.
Born in Omaha, Mr. Hollister entered Antioch College at age 16 in 1930. He graduated in 1936 and did graduate work at Syracuse University until 1939. His Antioch positions included dean of students, associate to the president and director of international studies. He also taught political science.
He was clerk of the Friends General Conference, a national Quaker organization, from 1959-69. In 1968 he was one of two U.S. delegates representing the Religious Society of Friends at the World Council of Churches meeting in Uppsala, Sweden.
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After his retirement in 1978, Mr. Hollister and his wife, Kay, moved back to Yellow Springs. He volunteered with the American Friends Service Committee, the Friends Committee on National Legislation and other organizations, and the couple traveled the world.