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Bob Goldstein

I attended the University of Illinois (Urbana) with a major in political science, where I worked on the student (and also the "real" town newspaper) and was active in student politics, at one point serving as public relations head for the Student Senate and also covering the same for the local newspaper!(major conflict of interest). I then got a master's and Ph.D in political science from the U. of Chicago, where my dissertation "Political Repression in Modern America" became my first book. I didn't much care for the U. of Chicago and lived 120 miles away in Urbana, where I started and ran a very successful used book store while working on my dissertation. I've since authored/edited about 15 books, all dealing with the history of civil liberties/repression in western democracies: main subjects have been "McCarthyism," flag desecration and censorship/repression in 19th-century Europe (especially in France and especially of caricature). I taught two years at San Diego State on a non-tenured line (sigh, I grew to love San Diego!), and then had to move. I spent the rest of my career, 30 years, teaching at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. I didn't much care for Oakland County, where it was located and in 1985 moved to Ann Arbor, which was a much more comfortable place (also allowing me to pretty much escape daily dealing with a department which was run more or less like North Korea). I've done a great deal of travel along the way, especially to Europe, but should be back from a long trip to southern Africa at the time of the reunion. I have one brief, not too happy marriage, in the 1980s and have since had a number of relationships, lasting from two to seven years, but none in the end proving permanent. I'm single now, so let me know if you know the perfect lady for me! I have a deep love of cats (you can be sure I won't shoot any in Africa, nor any other living creatures!) and they have been fine companions for 40 years. My first cat was an amazing, beautiful, affectionate, unbelievably intelligent mixed breed Siamese (Plato) and I currently own a beautiful and affectionate Tortoise shell named Cicero (in honor of Plato). Though I retired from Oakland U. in 2005 I continue to research and write as well as goof around a lot and enjoy the numerous cultural treasures of Ann Arbor (and the world). I finally got to see the Rolling Stones (in Detroit) in July; I had skipped them in Urbana on Nov. 15, 1969 in order to attend an anti-war rally in Washington and regretted that ever since (my draft number was too high in the lottery for me to get drafted, but I had applied for conscientious objector state and was illegally turned down--otherwise I probably would in Canada today!)
I'm also a fan of Springsteen (three concerts) and, above all, Leonard Cohen (15 concerts in the U.S., Canada and Europe!!!). One of the best things I've ever done. Looking forward to the reunion!

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