In November 1992, Patty and I separated. I moved to Jackson Street in San Francisco. Two years later, on October 14, 1994, the divorce became final. This time was for me a period of great pain and confusion. I didn’t know who I really was, what I wanted, what was possible for me, what the … Read more
On many holidays and vacations Patty, Carolyn and I would visit her family in Anaheim. Her parents told endless stories of other family members and acquaintances. Many beers were drunk, football games watched, and fried chicken eaten. This picture is about 1988.
In Washington, I would take Carolyn to sports events on weekends while Patty slept in. She did gymnastics and field hockey. When we moved to Oakland she took up swimming.
I was awarded a PhD in Sociology with specialties of quantitative research methods, the sociology of science, deviance, and social theory. My dissertation committee consisted of Neil Smelser (chair), Charles Glock, and Reinhold Bendix. My PhD examining committee consisted of Charles Glock (chair), Paul Feyerabend, Troy Duster and Robert Bellah. My biography on the Sociology … Read more
Carolyn was born at Lake Merritt Hospital in Oakland. It was a hard birth, ending in a Caesarean section after a long labor. At the time fathers were not allowed in the delivery room or the newborn nursery. Looking through the nursery window in the early hours, I knew my job in life was to … Read more
Chris and me at Christmas 1970 in Lodi, on our way to Lassen Volcanic National Park on my BMW R27 motorcycle.
Jill Lynn Finnegan was born on December 7, 1961, in Lodi, California. (From third grade on she spelled her name Jil.)
Throughout my childhood, vacations and holidays involved my cousins on my mother’s side. We would often meet in Circleville, Ohio, for weekend picnics. Dave George was the oldest, and I thought, the coolest. Greg George was the closest to me in age, and the only boy near my age. Janet George, as a girl, I … Read more
