![]() ![]() Thereafter he referred to Michigan State as "Cow College" or "Behemoth University." He later wrote that academic political scientists and sociologists were "as a breed-dull dogs." Late in life, he taught one semester a year at Hillsdale College, where he was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Humanities. ![]() He resigned in 1959, after having become disenchanted with that university's academic standards, rapid growth in student numbers, and emphasis on intercollegiate athletics and technical training at the expense of the traditional liberal arts. Upon completing his studies, Kirk took up an academic position at his alma mater, Michigan State. In 1953, he became the only American to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters by that university. After the war, he attended the University of St. During World War II, he served in the American armed forces and corresponded with libertarian writer, Isabel Paterson, who helped to shape his early political thought. ![]() He was the son of Russell Andrew Kirk, a railroad engineer, and Marjorie Pierce Kirk. Russell Kirk was born in Plymouth, Michigan. ![]()
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