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The Salem State Sociology Department shares the news that our emeritus colleague, Kenneth MacIver, 90, of Marblehead, has passed away. 麻豆成人精品 MacIver retired from Salem State in 2013, having served 51 years as a faculty member at Salem State. He taught history, political science, sociology, and anthropology (when many of these disciplines were in joint departments), but his primary appointment was in the sociology department.
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