I would like to add my ruminations to Amelie Oksenberg Rorty’s and Kamala Visweswaran’s informative and sensitive comments about the 1970 fire at the Center. I have written a few paragraphs about it in books on the anti-Vietnam War movement…
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On Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Class of 1955-56
Albert Rothenberg M.D, Class of 2013-14 & 1986-87
One of the earliest women invited to spend a year (1956) at CASBS, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann was a pioneering psychoanalyst who spent the major portion of her professional life treating psychotic patients. Born in Germany, she escaped the Hitler Anschluss in…
The Leaders We Need
Michael Maccoby , Class of 1968-69
I arrived late to the Center, because I was active in Senator Eugene McCarthy’s campaign for the Democratic nomination. Once settled in, I worked at writing Social Character in a Mexican Village, sending drafts to the senior author, Erich Fromm.…
Long Ago
George Mandler, Class of 1959-60
When I was a Fellow at the CASBS in 1959-60, it was a very free flowing fellowship. I hope that the Center’s contributions can be kept alive or revived when necessary, with no required sponsorships or activities. Much was learned and many friendships…
Reminiscences of CASBS
Arvind Shah, Class of 1960-61
I am delighted CASBS is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Memories flood my mind. I was at CASBS from December 1960 to May 1961. At the age of 30, I was perhaps the youngest in the 1960-61 Class. I cherish those…
All in the Family
Hester Goodenough Gelber, Daughter of Ward Goodenough, Class of 1957-58
My father, the Anthropologist Ward Goodenough, was at the Center in 1957-58. My parents, younger sister Debbie (12), and younger brother Oliver (6), all lived in an Eichler on Metro Circle that year, next to the Quarington’s, who were also…
CASBS: Spring, 1970
Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, Class of 1969-70
It was the spring of 1970. We Fellows were beginning to feel the anxiety of hoping to finish our work; our stay in our New Eden seemed more precious than ever. Despite the press of work, we lingered over our…