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The Early Years

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Howard Zinn

American historian and socialist thinker (–)

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Born	()August 24, New York City, U.S.
Died	January 27, () (aged&#;87) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Education	New York University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Occupation(s)	Historian, educator, author, playwright
Spouse	Roslyn Shechter &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;
Children	2, including Jeff
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	U.S. Army Air Forces
Years&#;of service	–
Rank	Lieutenant
Thesis	Fiorello LaGuardia in Congress&#;()
Institutions	Spelman College Boston University
Main interests	Civil rights, war and peace

Howard Zinn (August 24, &#;&#; January 27, )^[1] was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College,^[2] and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States in In , he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of the United States.^[3]

Zinn described himself

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Kabat-Zinn, Jon –

PERSONAL: Born June 5, , in New York, NY; married; wife's name Myla (a childbirth educator); children: three. Education: Graduate of Haverford College; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 55 Lake Ave. N., Worcester, MA E-mail—[email&#;protected].

CAREER: Worked as a science teacher; Department of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, researcher, professor, and founder of Stress Reduction Clinic, –, conductor of workshops on healing, pain management, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).

WRITINGS:

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, Delacorte (New York, NY), , Delta (New York, NY),

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Hyperion (New York, NY),

(With wife, Myla Kabat-Zinn) Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, Hyperion (New York, NY),

Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World through Mindfulness, Hyperion (New York, NY),

Also author, with Andrew Weil, of audio program Meditation for Optimum Health: How to Use Mindfulne