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...according to family members, teaching meant as much to this man as research. For decades, he taught Natural Sciences 5, a first-year biology course that he invented. In a 1966 cover story, Time Magazine named Wald one of the "ten best teachers in the country...
...classroom Wald was known for explaining seemingly complex scientific concepts with ease and never losing the bright and engaging sense of humor that also made him a popular and influential public speaker...
...Wald delivered a talk at MIT entitled "A Generation in Search of a Future" in which he openly opposed U.S. involvement in both the Vietnam War and in the arms race...
Reprinted and widely circulated, the speech brought Wald squarely into the political debate of the times. There was little resistance on his part--Wald took his thoughts on the Cold War, nuclear power, human rights and other issues to college campuses across the nation and to audiences around the globe...
Arrested on several occasions for his beliefs, Wald made special visits to Vietnam, China, Iran, Cuba, Nicaragua and the Soviet Union...