Memorial for Charles Muscatine

A memorial service for Charles Muscatine, late Professor Emeritus of English, will be held at 11 a.m., Sunday, February 13, 2011, in the Pauley Ballroom of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union. A distinguished scholar of medieval literature, Muscatine was also well known as an advocate for educational reform and for his refusal to sign a state loyalty oath during the McCarthy era. He died last March, at the age of 89. The memorial service will be hosted by the UC Berkeley Department of English and the Muscatine family.