“We took a poll of the department on McGovern versus Nixon [in 1972] as to who was going to win and he was just, along with everyone else, just a big McGovern fan. To me they were all off their rocker. And one of the people in the department who was not a regular political scientist, an environmentalist, got a hold of me and he began to say, “What’s wrong with all these people? Don’t they realize what’s going on in the world?” And I said, “No they don’t.” So Bob was just like the rest of them in that regard. Well they were sort of hoping. They may have thought McGovern would win. I don’t want to push this on everybody. They were all for McGovern over Muskie [in the Democratic primaries] and they were all for McGovern over Nixon and they were pretty sure this would work out.
Chapter 4: ROLE ON CAMPUS
- 2. The Gadfly Who Asked, “If You Don’t Go, Who Will?”
- 3. But Respect For the Rules
- 4. Distance, Yes, But . . . “I Really Did”
- 15. A Very Off-Broadway Play
- 5. Classroom That Sold Hot-Cross Buns
- 16. Uncle Bob
- 6. Eats for the Barefoot Guests
- 7. The Guru Issue Won’t Fade
- 8. Alas, It’s No Way To Pick Up Girls
- 9. “What To Do?” As More Than Words
- 10. Black Students Take The Administration Building, Then a Meeting At His House
- 11. A Colleague in the Arena
- 12. Faculty Relations
- 13. Tidbits for Inquiring Minds
- 14. War, Riots, and Other Teachable Moments
- 1. Prankster and Trail Guide, “Follow the Elephant”