Kurt Vonnegut, MA - ACLU

Name:	Kurt Vonnegut, MA
Title:	Writer
Position:	Pro to the question "Is the ACLU good for America?"
Reasoning:	"What I've said again and again is that if any official from a dogcatcher on up treats you in a way which is clearly unconstitutional, don't call the F.B.I., call the ACLU." Sep. 12, 2003
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Organizations/VIPs/Other Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Named State Author for New York, 2000 Elected Vice-President of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1975 Receives Honorary Litt. D. by Hobart and William Smith College, 1974 Awarded Honorary LHD by Indiana University, 1973 Elected Vice President of P.E.N. American Center and member of the national Institute of Arts and Letters, 1972 Awarded National Institute of Arts and Letters grant, 1970 Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to research Slaughterhouse-Five in Dresden, 1965 Awarded the Purple Heart, 1945
Education:	MA, University of Chicago, awarded in recognition of Cat's Cradle's contribution to the field of cultural anthropology, 1971 MA thesis "On the Fluctuations between Good and Evil in Simple Tales" rejected by the anthropology faculty, 1946 University of Chicago, MA program in anthropology, 1945 Cornell University, biochemistry major, 1940
Contact Info:	Phone: 773-772-0100 Fax: 773-772-4180 Email: joe@vonnegut.com Website: www.vonnegut.com
Select Publications:	None found
Other:	Enlisted in the United States Army, 1943
Quoted in:	1. Is the ACLU good for America?