John R. Rink was a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Platteville. For 23 years he taught American government, constitutional law, civil rights, and many other courses in political science. As the academic advisor for the Pre-Law Society, he helped students prepare for law school. He received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in political science (1973 and 1975) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his Ph.D. in political science from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1986. From his late teen years, John was devoted to civil rights. He marched in civil rights movements and supported the right of all persons to peacefully protest. He died in 2020. See more here in Rink’s obituary.
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