Born: 1955

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Political Scientist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Profits, Priests, and Princes

Father: Bill Minowitz
Mother: Joan Robins (children's book editor, d. 2011)
Wife: Deborah DeWeese (therapist, one son)
Son: Max (b. 1990)

    University: BA Political Science, Middlebury College (1976)
    University: MA Political Science, Harvard University (1985)
    University: PhD Political Science, Harvard University (1988)
    Assistant Professor: Political Science, Santa Clara University (1985-92)
    Associate Professor: Political Science, Santa Clara University (1992-2009)
    Department Chair: Political Science, Santa Clara University (1994-99)
    Professor: Political Science, Santa Clara University (2009-)

    Phi Beta Kappa Society

Author of books:
Profits, Priests, and Princes: Adam Smith's Emancipation of Economics from Politics and Religion (1993, economics)
Straussophobia: Defending Leo Strauss and Straussians Against Shadia Drury and Other Accusers (2009, politics)

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