The Enabling of McCarthyism by the University of Michigan
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0Steve Batterson (Emory University)
https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/steve-batterson-emory-university-2025-07-22
Smale@95: A Conference in Honor of Steve Smale
These days articles commonly appear about individuals, universities, and law firms facing what is called “a new McCarthyism.” Steve Smale was a student and Chandler Davis a faculty member at the University of Michigan during the actual McCarthy era. They were also members of the Communist Party. This talk will demonstrate the challenges that they overcame at an institution where the administration and many faculty felt impelled to sabotage the career of anyone on the far left.