Tribute to Ben Dobbs
Template:TOCnestleft A Tribute to Ben Dobbs was sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the New American Movement for "His lifelong commitment to socialism" on Sunday, June 7, 1981. The event was held at the Miramar-Sheraton Hotel, Santa Monica, California.[1] Ben Dobbs was a socialist activist between the 1970s and the 1990s who was involved with the New American Movement, the Los Angeles Socialist Community School and the Democratic Socialists of America.[2]
Personnel
The following were involved in running the events of the evening:
- Donna Wilkinson - Welcome from the New American Movement
- Elly Wagner - Mistress of Ceremonies
- Gayanne Feitinghoff - slide/sound presentation on Dobbs' life
- Marshall Mayer - slide/sound presentation on Dobbs' life
- Edwina White - slide/sound presentation on Dobbs' life
- Anne Davis - Pasadena Community Information Center
- Ernie Lieberman - People's folk artist
- Bill Barclay - National Organization Secretary
- Dorothy Healey - song: "As We Know Him"
- Jan Breidenbach - song: "As We Know Him"
- Ben Dobbs
Dinner Committee
Special thanks to:
Sponsors
Most all of the sponsors of the event were or supporters members of the New American Movement, or its ally, the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee.
- Anne Marie Neidorf
- Al Richmond
- Alice Sparks
- Angelo Bertolini
- Anita Frankel
- Anne Davis
- Anne Hill
- Art Goldberg
- Barbara Hadsell
- Ben Margolis
- Bernard Lusher
- Bill Barclay
- Bill Doyle
- Blase Bonpane
- Bob Duren
- Bob Nieman
- Bonnie Lambert
- Carol Burke-Fonte
- Cricket Potash
- Dan Bessie
- David B. Epstein
- David McReynolds
- Delfino Varela
- Donald C. Wheeldin
- Donna Wilkinson
- Dorothy Doyle
- Dorothy Healey
- Douglas Monroy
- E. Goodlaw
- E. Richard Brown
- Edith Perlmutter
- Elizabeth Spector
- Ellenore Hittelman
- Elly Wagner
- Ethel Bertolini
- Farrel Broslawsky
- Flo Kushner
- Frank Beyea
- Frank Spector
- Frank Wilkinson
- George Willet
- Glenn Scott
- Gordon Alexandre
- Harold Meyerson
- Harry Chotiner
- Helen Travis
- Herman Rosenstein
- Holly Graff
- Humberto Camacho
- Jack Berman
- Jackie Goldberg
- James Burford
- Jan Breidenbach
- Jessica Mitford
- Jim Berland
- Jim Chapin
- Jim Seal
- Jim Shoch
- John Hare
- John Katz
- John McTernan
- John Michael Lee
- Johnathan Lepie
- Joseph Hittelman
- Joseph Schwartz
- Kathleen Bartle
- Kathy Seal
- Larry Moss
- Leah Pincus
- Lee Soloman
- Lenny Potash
- Leo Baefsky
- Leo Whitaker
- Leon Kaplan
- Lewis McCammon
- Lil Carlson
- Lois Newman
- Maggie Feigin
- Marcella Stack
- Margaret Nelson
- Marge Buckley
- Marsha Beyea
- Mary Clarke
- Mary Friedrichs
- Mary Saylin
- Mauricio Terrazas
- Max Gordon
- Michael Harrington
- Michael Zinzun
- Michele Prichard
- Mike Fonte
- Mike Magnuson
- Mike Pincus
- Mildred Rosenstein
- Mort Newman
- Nancy Hollander
- Nick Nichols
- Nora Hamilton
- Paul Schrade
- Peg Strobel
- Peggy Dennis
- Phillip M. Connelly
- Phillis Menard
- Richard Criley
- Richard Healey
- Rick Davidson
- Rick Kunnes
- Robert D. Newman
- Robert Heifetz
- Robert Leventer
- Robert Nelson
- Roberta Lynch
- Robin Tyler
- Rodger Robinson
- Rudy Torres
- Ruth Kupers
- Sam Gerber
- Sam Kushner
- Sam Pincus
- Sam Rosenwein
- Sau Staas Niedorf
- Sharon Stricker
- Shevy Healey
- Sol Steinhart
- Stanley Aronowitz
- Stella Menatos
- Steve Hedlun
- Steve Nelson
- Steve Portuges
- Steve Tarzynski
- Susan Stuart
- Sydney Davison
- Terry Kupers
- Torie Osborn
- Valerie Maxwell
- Wallace Knox
- Walter Briehl
- Walter Kearns
- Walter Stack
- William Norton
The Santa Cruz local of the New American Movement was also a sponsor of the event.
References
- ↑ Tribute to Ben Dobbs program, June 7, 1981
- ↑ KeyWiki: Ben Dobbs profile