Melvin Rader, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMelvin Rader
American philosopher
Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1903
Date of Death: 14-Jun-1981
Profession: philosopher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Melvin Rader
- Melvin Miller Rader (8 November 1903 – 14 June 1981) was an author and professor of philosophy at the University of Washington for 51 years, and an outspoken advocate of civil rights.
- He taught ethics, aesthetics and political philosophy.
- In 1948, he was accused of being a communist by the Canwell Committee (the Joint Legislative Fact Finding Committee on Un-American Activities), and was later exonerated in 1951 by Attorney General, Smith Troy.
- Ed Guthman, a Seattle Times investigative reporter, received a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting of the events.
- In 2009, an endowment fund was created in Rader's name at the University of Washington to fund philosophy students engaged in social justice work.
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