Charles Aufderheide

He graduated in 1935,[2] then attended Butler University, and was named giftorian and poet for the annual class.

[4] After the war he moved to Los Angeles with Ruby Bell and the From twins.

Ruby Bell was a librarian; she inherited some money and encouraged a group of her friends, mostly homosexuals, to move with her to Los Angeles.

Aufderheide began working at Technicolor SA where he remained for thirty years.

[5] According to Alvin Novak, Aufderheide is largely responsible for the longterm harmony of the Benton Way Group, a haven for American intellectuals like the Froms, Paul Goodman, Evelyn Hooker, David Sachs, Fern Maher and Alvin Novak;[6] an exception to the mostly Americans group was Egyptian-born scholar Edouard Roditi.