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Baskin actually took up his first post, in Denver, Colorado, before he officially graduated.One outcome of that experience was his marriage to Marjorie Shatz (1927-2005)...Baskin's daughter Judith, a distinguished professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Oregon, calls him a man who is honoured because he honours others.
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...when it started to seem possible my wife Judith Baskin (Professor of Judaic Studies) and I might come here, I got his book.
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