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The National Symposium : Schedule & Panelists : Eugene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy was born in Watkins, Minnesota in 1916. McCarthy attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota and graduated in 1935. After graduation, he enrolled at the University of Minnesota to continue his studies.
McCarthy began his professional career in the public high schools of Minnesota and North Dakota. After his graduation from the University of Minnesota in 1940, McCarthy taught economics and education at his alma mater, St. John's University, until 1943. World War Two provided McCarthy the opportunity to work in the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department as a civilian technical assistant. Following the war, McCarthy returned to teaching and took a position at St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minnesota teaching sociology and economics.
McCarthy entered politics in 1949 with his election to the United States Congress. He served five terms in the House of Representatives before his decision to run for United States Senate in 1958. McCarthy served two terms in the Senate before deciding not to run for reelection in 1970. In addition, McCarthy made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination in the 1968 presidential election.
Eugene McCarthy has written several books of different genres. He has written about American politics and foreign affairs in works including Triumph of the Innocent (1998) and The Limits of Power; America's role in the World (1968). Moreover, McCarthy delved into the issue of civil rights in his book First Things First; New Priorities for America. He also wrote a description of the social life and customs in Rappahannock County, Virginia in A View From the Rappahannock. McCarthy's literary diversity is further exemplified with his books Mr. Raccoon and His Friends, Ground Fog and Night, and Other Things and Aardvark. Mr. Raccoon and His Friends is a series of short stories with animals as the main characters while Ground Fog and Night and Other Things and Aardvark are collections of poems.
Eugene McCarthy now resides in Woodville, Virginia.