But it didn't succeed in establishing a union. It kind of imploded. Cesar's demons got him in the end. Ganz left the UFW in 1981 to apply his organizing skills in the broader community. He studied California unions and founded an organizing institute.
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He was awarded a master's degree in 1993 and in '94 started teaching at Harvard's Kennedy School and in its sociology department, where this year he earned his doctorate. Ganz now teaches classes on organizing, leadership and mobilization, and he's proud to admit that he's probably training the next generation of rabble rousers. Ganz has heard the buzz about Al Gore. If things don't go well for the vice president people say Gore might be a candidate for president of Harvard. The university's president, Neil Rudenstein, is retiring at the end of the current academic year and, after all, Gore attended the school three decades ago.