Author: Stuart Dowty
Born: 1942
Bio: <b>Stuart Dowty</b> (b. 1942) is a Michigan-based attorney and lifelong political activist.  Since 2009 he <a href="http://www.heritage.com/articles/2010/01/30/life/doc4b5fa48c1a3d0660566902.txt?viewmode=fullstory">has served as the chairman</a> of the Washtenaw County Democratic Party. Dowty received his undergraduate education at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>, where he enrolled through the school's unique program of <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/earlyentrantprogram.cfm">early entrance to college</a>, and received his legal education from the University of Michigan. In the 1970s, he coauthored several texts on China with Janet Goldwasser, the best-known being <i>Huan-Ying: Workers' China</i> (1975). (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Stuart_Dowty">Shimer College Wiki</a>)