Reminiscences of Armin Rosencranz [electronic resource] : oral history, 1988

Biographical Note

Lawyer

Scope and Contents

Election as president of Stanford student body in 1962 and subsequent introduction to Allard Lowenstein; Lowenstein's experiences as a campus maverick; National Student Association; recollections of Dennis Sweeney and Stanford's Stern Hall group; Lowenstein's political agenda: civil rights, anti-Vietnam, Dump Johnson, Robert Kennedy; speculation regarding Lowenstein's sexual orientation, its relevance to his commitment to social justice and reform; discussion of his wayward career path during the 1970s; summation of his historical importance

Subjects

• Chafe, William H., 1942- interviewer.
• Civil rights--United States.
• Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Lowenstein, Allard K.
• Male homosexuality.
• Oral histories.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1968.
• Rosencranz, Armin--Interviews.
• Stanford University.
• United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
• United States National Student Association.
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1989