analysis - in terms of the relative impor-
tance of institutions, and of the value of
socioeconomic vs. political influences."

Senior Distinguished Research
Professorships

Murray Edelman and Leon Epstein have
been selected for Senior Distinguished
Research Professorships at the Univers-
ity of Wisconsin-Madison. The professor-
ships, effective until retirement, were of-
fered for the first time this year by the
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Recipients are enabled to have one-half
of their time available for research. Murray Edelman is a Senior Distinguished

Research Professor at the University of Wis-
consin-Madison.

Leon Epstein is a Senior Distinguished Re-
search Professor at the University of Wiscon-
sin-Madison.

In Memoriam

Bruce Edward Wilson

Bruce Edward Wilson, a founder of the
Department of Political Science at Cali-
fornia State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, died suddenly on January 12,
1984 at the age of 5 7 .

The academic career of Professor Wilson
centered in his passionate defense of the
individual's unfettered freedom t o
choose and the hallmark of that freedom:
total deliverance from constraint and
compulsion. Bruce Wilson's political
philosophy was epitomized in his remark
that " I n societies where property rights
have been suppressed other rights have
almost inevitably been adversely af-
fected as w e l l . " In demand as a public
speaker on First Amendment issues, he
was a true libertarian.

Wilson was equally dedicated to the fur-
therance of social justice, especially in
areas of race relations and world peace.
His concerns were evidenced in his pro-

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fessional capacity through his course on
race relations and the law, and in his per-
sonal life through his activities on behalf
of the Mennonite Central Committee.
Recipient of the baccalaureate degree
from the University of Miami, and the
M.A. and Ph.D. from the Claremont
Graduate School, Dr. Wilson taught at
California State Polytechnic College,
Pomona, from 1963. In the 1960s he
was a mainstay in what are now the
departments of History, Political Science
and Social Sciences. In anticipation of
the transformation of the college to
university status, Bruce was a founder in
1969 of the Department of Political
Science, serving as its chair on several
occasions.

Professor Wilson specialized in public
law, American government and politics,
and research methods. An authority on
computer applications in political science
and department coordinator for student
advisement, including pre-law advising to
students from a variety of majors, Bruce
Wilson's contributions to the University
were literally invaluable.
Bruce is survived by his wife, four grown
children and a grandson, Daryl Bruce,
born two days after his grandfather's
death.

John H. Esterline
California State Polytechnic University

298 PS Spring 1984