“To beguile with talk the slow moving hours…”* So wrote the lovely young woman named Linda Louise Eastman in 1961. The words appear with Linda’s graduation photograph in the 1961 edition of the Promethean, Vermont College’s yearbook.
Linda Eastman as a Vermont College student in 1961
Linda Eastman came to Vermont College in 1959 from Scarsdale High School in suburban New York. At that time Vermont College was a junior college (2-year program) and we know Linda received her Associate of Arts degree in 1961, then transferred to the University of Arizona. While in Montpelier, Linda resided in Howland Hall (which still stands) with about 20 other young women. Linda was said to be a “happy spirit,” and belonged to the modern dance club and the Women’s Athletic Association. She remained at Vermont College two years.
Eight years later, in March of 1969, Linda Eastman married Beatles singer/songwriter Paul McCartney.
From various online biographies, one would have a hard time uncovering the fact that Linda Eastman attended junior college in Vermont from 1959-1961. Many biographers attribute her early higher education to other, better known schools. Some sources have Linda taking refuge in Vermont following the death of her mother in a fatal plane crash in 1962. But we know that’s not accurate; Linda had graduated from Vermont College about a year before that tragic loss.
Linda grew to love Arizona from her time at the University of Arizona and eventually purchased a ranch there with her famous husband and their children.
What was Linda Eastman like? Did she ever return to Vermont? Did she stay in touch with local friends and classmates throughout her life? Did she ever speak of her time in Vermont to close friends and family? Did she take photographs of her time in Vermont? We wish we knew more.
[*quote taken from a letter from Ovid to his wife]
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