Abstract

I have been preparing these remarks for a very long time. I met Leo Lowenthal in August, 1968, when I was beginning research for my dissertation on the history of the Frankfurt School. I had just turned 24 and he was a few months shy of his 68th birthday. I came to Berkeley to interview him about his role in the School's history and to pore over his copious files of unpublished materials and correspondence, which proved a real treasure trove for my project. Leo soon showed himself no less of an historian's dream, as he patiently responded to all of the questions raised by the documents he had so painstakingly preserved from both before and after the trauma of his exile from Germany.