Larry Dodge

Background

He was born in was born in Oakland, California.

Education

He earnt a Doctor of Philosophy from Brown University.

Career

He was also an activist. Had worked as a professional photographer. Prior to his political involvement in politics, he trained in sociology.

Also he was a professor at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.

He also professor at the University of Montana. Relocation to Panama

In 2004 after considering different locations around the world decided to move to Panama.

The settled on the mountain town of Altos del María there. They had actually visited the area a couple of years ago to check it out.

Participant of the reason they moved there was due to Dodges health issues and the fact that healthcare was beyond their means.

Low land prices and Panamas← laissez-faire stance on private property rights and entrepreneurship were also a feature. Another reason given for their move to Panama was the personal freedoms they felt Panama offered them. They felt those freedoms were being rapidly eroded in the United States.

Health issue and hospitalisation

In April 2012 he was in a Panama hospital having suffered from what appeared to have been an aneurysm.

He died on July 17, 2012 aged 69.

A memorial was held for him at Saturday, the 18th of August, at the Berkley Room at the Cooper Aerobics Center, on Preston Road, Dallas. The Washington Post described Dodge as a Montana sociology professor turned libertarian activist.

Along with Don Doig he has been referred to as an old warrior who had made a career out of fighting big government. He appeared at and participated in various Libertarian conferences.

In the 1980s he was at one of the Libertarian National Conventions in which he opened with a keynote on libertarian successes and credibility.

He also spoke at the Eris 1999 Conference held in Aspen, Colorado. One of the issues he had an interest in was gun ownership. In 2002 he wrote an article for Gun Owners of America called "In Op-ed Pieces".

lieutenant was about gun control laws, the loss of liberties and the government not being the least bit interested in honoring the Bill of Rights.

Fully Informed Jury Association

The organization was set up to inform Americans about their rights as jurors as well as personal liberties. Dodge was the best known leader of the Montana Libertarian Party.

He tried three times for statewide office. In 1982 Dodge campaigned for the senate seat that was held by democrat John Melcher and Republican Larry Williams.

He got 4 percent of the vote.

KTKK Department of Administration and Management-63 October 1998, The Kathy Herman Show.

Achievements

• Along with Don Doig, Dodge was the founder of the non-profit group Fully Informed Jury Association in Montana.

Politics

In an article in the Spokesman-Review October 20, 1982, he said that Melcher was being bankrolled by special interest groups and that Republican Williams was using polls to pick out the most popular issues to aid his image.