Background
Muir, William Ker was born on October 30, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William Ker and Florence Taylor (Bodman) Muir.
(Drawing on interviews with the former president's speechw...)
Drawing on interviews with the former president's speechwriters, this profile depicts Reagan not as directionless and fuzzy-brained, but rather as a moral leader on a grand scale whose rhetoric shaped and moved the country.
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Muir, William Ker was born on October 30, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William Ker and Florence Taylor (Bodman) Muir.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1965; Juris Doctor, University of Michigan, 1958.
Instructor, University of Michigan Law School, 1958-1959;
associate firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, 1959-1960;
lecturer in political science, Yale University, 1960-1964, 65-67;
from associate to partner, Tyler Cooper Grant Bowerman & Keefe, New Haven, 1964-1968;
professor political science, University of California-Berkeley, since 1968;
department chairman, University of California-Berkeley, 1980-1983;
speechwriter, vice president United States, 1983-1985;
columnist, Oakland (California) Tribune, 1992-1993;
writer, Governor of California, Sacramento, 1994. Senior consultant California State Assembly, Sacramento, 1975-1976. Consultant Oakland (California) Police Department, 1969-1974.
Visiting professor political science Harvard University, summers 1976, 79.
(Drawing on interviews with the former president's speechw...)
(Law and Legal Studies)
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Member Berkeley (California) Police Review Commission, 1981-1983. Chairman New Haven Civil Liberties Council, 1965-1968. Republican candidate California State Assembly, 1996.
Member American Political Science Association (Edward S. Corwin award 1966).
Married Paulette Irene Wauters, January 16, 1960. Children: Kerry Macaire, Harriet Bodman.