Craig Simpson and I were just talking (by email) about people we remembered from the early 70s and David Ifshin’s name came up. Craig and I worked on the National Student Association’s newsletter when David was its president and NSA supported the UM antiwar activities. I “Googled” David and was shocked to find that he died of cancer in mid-1996.
Here’s a link to a Syracuse New Times notice about his death:
http://newtimes.rway.com/1996/050896/shakin.htm
and here’s a story about David and Phil Ochs in South America from Big Bridge Webzine:
http://www.bigbridge.org/issue9/ochsmschumacher.htm
David went to Vietnam with the People’s Peace Treaty group in 1971. Here’s a photo from then...Quismartin found it in his archives. There’s also had a picture of Ifshin in a kayak, not sure if that was in Vietnam or somewhere else.
I didn’t know David very well and I didn’t always understand or agree with his politics. I admired him then because he was brilliant and intense, and I do now because he followed his passion and surely made a difference in the world.
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Posted by SusieR at 02:30 PM. Filed under: Remembering People •