Martin Jay '65, the Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, wrote an essay about Joseph Finkelstein, a history professor who influenced him greatly at Union.
Jay's piece was published Sept. 21 in a special issue of the New York Times Magazine devoted to teaching.
Of Finkelstein, Jay wrote that "he had the gift of making connections between what he taught and who we were, conveying the sense that we, too, were part of the story and not merely spectators of someone else's history."
Finkelstein '47, whose teaching career at Union spanned nearly five decades, died in November 2006.
To read Jay's essay, click here (registration may be required).