Geri Larkin: Difference between revisions

'''P'arang Geri Larkin''', born '''Geraldine Kapp Willis''', is founder and former head teacher of [[Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple]], a [[Korea]]n [[Chogye]] center in [[Detroit, Michigan]].<ref>[http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Michigan Michigan Dharmaweb]</ref> The name Geri Larkin is a [[pen name]]. She graduated from [[Barnard College]] in 1973.<ref>Alumnae Association of Bernard College (May 2010). [http://alum.barnard.edu/s/1133/images/editor_documents/alumbibmay2010.pdf Bernard College Alumnae Bibliography]. Retrieved on: 2010-07-17</ref> Larkin, daughter of a wealthy [[IBM]] executive, left her successful business life as a [[management consultant]] to enter a [[Buddhist]] [[seminary]] for 3 years, where she was [[ordained]]. When she left she sold her material possessions and bought a brick [[Duplex (building)|duplex]] in downtown Detroit which, with the help of local residents she cleaned up and turned into Still Point.