Arthur Naftalin

In September 1952, it was Fall Quarter at the University of Minnesota. I was an incoming freshman, and one of my classes was political science taught by Prof. Arthur Naftalin. He was an outstanding lecturer (and it was quite clear that he was a DFLer). It was a presidential election year: Adlai Stevenson vs. Dwight Eisenhower. On the morning after the election, when Prof. Naftalin announced that Eisenhower was elected, there was a loud cheer from the students.

Naftalin, former Minneapolis mayor, dies at 87