Lawrence S. Wittner

Lawrence S. Wittner

Dr. Lawrence S. Wittner is a noted historian and professor at the University of Albany. [http://www.albany.edu/history/wittner/] His research is focused on the Anti-nuclear movement and peace activism.

Lawrence Wittner attended kindergarten at Public School 217 in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. His best friend at the time, Michael Nolan, would later become active in the peace movement, and Wittner, as we know, a leading expert about the movement.

He is on the board of Peace Action.

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