Glenn Loury

Well, first of all, I thought the war sucked.

You know, I was against the war. Fair. And I thought the protests were justified. I mean, Kent State, you know, these kids got shot and all that. But I thought also that a lot of the participation in the protest was kind of indulgent and saddish and, you know, it was a fun thing to be doing. It was a part of a kind of manufactured thing. alienation that I didn't share.

You know, I was against the war. Fair. And I thought the protests were justified. I mean, Kent State, you know, these kids got shot and all that. But I thought also that a lot of the participation in the protest was kind of indulgent and saddish and, you know, it was a fun thing to be doing. It was a part of a kind of manufactured thing. alienation that I didn't share.

You know, I was against the war. Fair. And I thought the protests were justified. I mean, Kent State, you know, these kids got shot and all that. But I thought also that a lot of the participation in the protest was kind of indulgent and saddish and, you know, it was a fun thing to be doing. It was a part of a kind of manufactured thing. alienation that I didn't share.

You know, I wasn't about to burn my draft card. The guys that I was working with, most of them were ethnic at the printing plant. Most of them were, you know, Italian or Irish or Jewish or Polish. or Greek second-generation immigrants to the United States, and they were pretty conservative.

You know, I wasn't about to burn my draft card. The guys that I was working with, most of them were ethnic at the printing plant. Most of them were, you know, Italian or Irish or Jewish or Polish. or Greek second-generation immigrants to the United States, and they were pretty conservative.

You know, I wasn't about to burn my draft card. The guys that I was working with, most of them were ethnic at the printing plant. Most of them were, you know, Italian or Irish or Jewish or Polish. or Greek second-generation immigrants to the United States, and they were pretty conservative.

But there was the Black Power stuff that was going on as well in those years, and I was enmeshed in that on the South Side of Chicago and had family members who were pretty radical. So, you know, I was, if you had to give me a label, I would have been left of center. I would have been a liberal, but I was mainly a nerd.

But there was the Black Power stuff that was going on as well in those years, and I was enmeshed in that on the South Side of Chicago and had family members who were pretty radical. So, you know, I was, if you had to give me a label, I would have been left of center. I would have been a liberal, but I was mainly a nerd.

But there was the Black Power stuff that was going on as well in those years, and I was enmeshed in that on the South Side of Chicago and had family members who were pretty radical. So, you know, I was, if you had to give me a label, I would have been left of center. I would have been a liberal, but I was mainly a nerd.

They were proud of me. Well, I graduated with a very strong academic record from the high school. I got a scholarship to study at the Illinois Institute of Technology. My girlfriend, who became my wife and the mother of my first two children, had dropped out of high school to give birth, and they were worried that I was going to lose my way.

They were proud of me. Well, I graduated with a very strong academic record from the high school. I got a scholarship to study at the Illinois Institute of Technology. My girlfriend, who became my wife and the mother of my first two children, had dropped out of high school to give birth, and they were worried that I was going to lose my way.

They were proud of me. Well, I graduated with a very strong academic record from the high school. I got a scholarship to study at the Illinois Institute of Technology. My girlfriend, who became my wife and the mother of my first two children, had dropped out of high school to give birth, and they were worried that I was going to lose my way.

So when I and my father, my mother and father broke up when I was quite young, five years old, but my dad was an important part of my life, and I very much... wanted his respect and approval. And he, you know, when I told him that Charlene was pregnant, he said, he rolled his eyes and, you know, he said, you have to do the right thing and take care of that kid and stuff.

So when I and my father, my mother and father broke up when I was quite young, five years old, but my dad was an important part of my life, and I very much... wanted his respect and approval. And he, you know, when I told him that Charlene was pregnant, he said, he rolled his eyes and, you know, he said, you have to do the right thing and take care of that kid and stuff.

So when I and my father, my mother and father broke up when I was quite young, five years old, but my dad was an important part of my life, and I very much... wanted his respect and approval. And he, you know, when I told him that Charlene was pregnant, he said, he rolled his eyes and, you know, he said, you have to do the right thing and take care of that kid and stuff.

But this is not the way that you, you know, I had imagined you living your life. And when I told him I was dropping out of the Illinois Institute of Technology and going to work, he said, well, let's, you better have a plan.

But this is not the way that you, you know, I had imagined you living your life. And when I told him I was dropping out of the Illinois Institute of Technology and going to work, he said, well, let's, you better have a plan.

But this is not the way that you, you know, I had imagined you living your life. And when I told him I was dropping out of the Illinois Institute of Technology and going to work, he said, well, let's, you better have a plan.

So when I finally kind of put myself together and did well at the community college and then got the scholarship at Northwestern and then made the dean's list in my first semester, he was like, okay, this is better. Yeah. They were proud of me. And when I graduated with awards and stuff, I was the prize-winning mathematics major in my class of 1972 at Northwestern.