In Memoriam: Gary Perlstein, 1940-2016 rofessor Perlstein was born on February 7, 1940, in the Bronx, New York, and died in Portland on March 1, 2016. He earned a B.A. in Sociology from Missouri Central Cp;;ege om 1961, and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Missouri in 1965. During that time, he also worked as a social worker and community relations coordinator for the Planned Parenthood Association in Kansas City, Missouri. He earned a Ph.D. in Criminology from Florida State University in 1971. He was hired as assistant professor in the Department of Administration of Justice at Portland State University in 1971. He became chair of the department in 1995. He retired in 2001. At PSU, Professor Perlstein originally focused his research on community corrections, and he co-authored several books on the subject, including Alternatives to Prison: Community-Based Corrections. He became interested in terrorism after attending an international conference on the subject in the United Kingdom. He coauthored "Perspectives on Terrorism" in 1991, and he published several articles on the same general topic. After the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC, Gary became widely recognized as a leading authority on the issue and was a source for many news stories and articles. Professor Perlstein was a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the American Corrections Association, the American Society of Criminology, and the Western Society of Criminology. RAPS conveys sincere condolences to Professor Perlstein’s friends and family. --John R. Cooper, Professor Emeritus of English 6 P
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