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Memories of a UC Berkeley Firebrand

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Memories of a UC Berkeley Firebrand
The UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., on July 22, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Thelma Stiles
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During the late fifties, while I was an undergrad at UC Berkeley, a campus with some 20,000 students at that time, I met a fascinating young man who was enrolled at Boalt Hall, the university’s law school.

Thelma Stiles
Thelma Stiles
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During the seventies and eighties, Thelma Stiles worked for private firms in northern California, writing training programs and editing classified documents. While working for the Feds during the early nineties, she edited engineering specifications, developed user manuals, and wrote instructional television scripts about the P-3 Orion. She’s also contributed personal essays and short stories to several national publications, including Essence, Italian America, and Travelers’ Tales.
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