1945 -1970

My birth in Oak Park, Illinois preceded the first atom bomb, dropped at the end of World War II, by a few days.  My parents originally wanted me to be a minister, but they settled for lawyer, glad that I wasn’t going to insist on being an artist. That, they thought, was impossible. Worse, it was QUEER. (Of course, we now know how many ministers are actually queer too:-) In any event,  I went to the University of New Mexico, skied, and incidentally got a BA in Political Science thinking I’d go into politics.  (Of course,  we know about them too.)  Then I got "serious" and went to Northwestern University for a law degree.  I figured that if I couldn’t do what I wanted to do – at least I’d make some money.