User:John Gary Messer

The account of this former contributor was not re-activated after the server upgrade of March 2022.

Born 30 November 1941 Vallejo CA

Lived in Washington and California until 1959 when I joined the Army for 3 years in order to fulfill my draft obligation.

Married Jeanne Marie Bettersworth October 12 1962.

Attended Merritt College, Oakland CA 1963 - 1965

Attended University of California Berkeley 1965 1982, BA 1967 MA 1971 Advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy 1976

Joseph Dickenson Messer born 6 November 1970

Taught at university level since 1968 - 2004 UC Berkeley,S F State University, College of Marin, Bucknell University and Bloomsburg University PA

Social activist and community development since mid 19960s to present: satyagraha, meditation, HIV/AIDS prevention, human rights, advocacy for youth, chemical dependency prevention, domestic violence prevention, emergent social and societal organization and reconstitution.