In Memory of

Jim Klonoski
1925-2009

Professor Emeritus Jim Klonoski passed away on Friday, Jan. 30th, due to a brain tumor.  He was age 83.

Professor Klonoski's family requests that people remember Jim as he wanted to be remembered, with a donation to the Relief Nursery, the ACLU, the Democratic Party of Oregon, or finally to the Obama "Yes We Can" Foundation where you are asked to contribute 83 hours of volunteer service to your community (and because Jim was a long-time political science professor, for extra credit donate 100 hours).  The website is: www.usaservice.org (Renew America Together).

In a class syllabus from 1999, Professor Klonoski summed up his philosophy on politics (and life) for his class:

"To today's average student in her/his senior year, wishing to realize the most from his/her education, the seminar to take would be “The American Economy”, “How to Succeed in Business”, or “Profiting From Your Own Website” courses offered in the Economics Department, the Business School, or Computer Science.  But those courses lack “fun'”appeal.  Courses like this one for people like us simply are a joy to take because politics properly understood excites us because of its lasting impact on the lives of people, nations and the world.  So, let them make their millions.  We will be far richer in ideas, thoroughly enjoying ourselves as we share insights and toss them around and across the table at one another."