by | Jul 9, 2008 | Stories
I was scheduled to graduate from the University of Wisconsin in June of 1969 but needed an extra semester to finish. I was classifed 1-A beginning when my student deferment ended in June, and I received a middle level draft number. I started my career...
by | Jul 8, 2008 | Stories
I joined ROTC as an undergraduate when LBJ announced that there would be no further deferments for graduate students. Planning law school, I took advantage of the law school deferment for Air Force officers. By the time the lottery came along, I had...
by | Jul 7, 2008 | Stories
The night of the lottery, my fiance and I were in my student office at McArdle laboratories on the Wisconsin campus. When I realized that I had a draft number of 8, we burst into tears and sobbed.My first reaction was that I needed to do something other than be in the...
by | Jul 7, 2008 | Stories
On the day of the first lottery drawing, December 1, 1969, I was taking tests and interviewing for a place in the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. At the conclusion of a full day of testing and questioning, I...
by | Jul 3, 2008 | Stories
I was a junior at the UW at the time of the drawing, and felt lucky to receive 247. I was well acquainted with someone heavily involved with the lottery — the comptroller of the Select Service System: my father. He claimed to have had no...
by | Jul 3, 2008 | Stories
I entered the University of Wisconsin in the fall of 1965 thinking I was a conservative Republican, which reflected not only my upbringing, but also the collective views of my extended family. Lots happened in the next few years (anti-war protests, King’s...
