Melvin R. Starr

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Melvin R. Starr


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Kalamazoo, Michigan, The United States
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Mel Starr was born and grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating with a MA in history from Western Michigan University in 1970, he taught history in Michigan public schools for thirty-nine years, thirty-five of those in Portage, MI, where he retired in 2003 as chairman of the social studies department of Portage Northern High School. Mel and his wife, Susan, have two daughters and eight grandchildren.

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“I have learned that it is easier to say later what one should have said before, than to unsay what should not have been said at all.”
Mel Starr, A Corpse at St Andrew's Chapel

“Augustine wrote that humility is the source of all virtue, and pride the root of all evil.”
Mel Starr, Rest Not in Peace

“But I must learn to be content, after I have done my best, whether I succeed in some matter or fail. I must do my work, without allowing it to disturb the peace of my soul.”
Mel Starr, Rest Not in Peace

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