Barry Alan Mehler is an American social researcher. He was a professor of humanities at Ferris State University , who founded the Institute for the Study of Academic Racism (ISAR). He earned his B.A. from Yeshiva University in 1970, his M.A. from City College of New York in 1972, and his Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988. His dissertation was entitled, "A history of the American Eugenics Society , 1921-1940."
21-973: Mehler is a German surname that may refer to: Barry Mehler (born 1947), Jewish-American professor of humanities at Ferris State University Gustav Ferdinand Mehler (1835–1895), German mathematician Jacques Mehler , cognitive psychologist specializing in language acquisition Jay Mehler (born 1971), musician from Philadelphia, United States Johann Baptist Mehler (died 1930), German Catholic priest, prelate, and religious writer John Mehler (born 1948), Californian drummer for Love Song, Spirit of Creation, Noah and other bands Tobias Mehler (born 1976), Canadian actor who has appeared in film and television productions Bruce Mehler (born 1952), research scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in human factors research See also [ edit ] Mehler function or conical functions, introduced by Gustav Ferdinand Mehler in 1868 Mehler kernel ,
42-601: A Holocaust denial group. He was a polemicist for right-wing, white nationalist and antisemitic causes. Oliver attracted national notoriety in the 1960s when he published an article after the President John F. Kennedy assassination , alleging that Lee Harvey Oswald was part of a Soviet conspiracy against the United States. He was called to testify before the Warren Commission investigating
63-434: A close friendship with Oliver but acknowledged privately that Oliver was antisemitic. In 1958, Oliver joined as a founding member of Robert W. Welch, Jr. 's John Birch Society , an anti-communist organization. He was a member of its national board and associate editor of its magazine, American Opinion . In 1962, Buckley repudiated Welch and the "Birchers", saying they were "far removed from common sense" and urging
84-657: A puppet who had outlived his usefulness. In March 1964, Oliver was reprimanded by the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees, but was allowed to keep his position. Oliver testified in the fall of that year before the Warren Commission . In 1966, Oliver embarrassed Welch by proclaiming that the world's troubles would be ended if "all Jews were vaporized at dawn tomorrow" along with "Illuminati" and "Bolsheviks". Alleging that Welch had tricked him or sold out to Zionist interests, he decried what he called "the Birch hoax". He
105-559: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Barry Mehler In 1977, Mehler was the founder of the Committee to Free Russell Smith, later the International Committee to Free Russell Smith (ICFRS). The committee provided support for and advocated for the release of Russell Smith, an anti- prison rape advocate who was imprisoned at United States Penitentiary, Marion at the time. In 1997, Mehler
126-717: The GOP to purge itself of Welch's influence. The repudiation drove a wedge in Buckley's friendship with Oliver. After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy , Oliver wrote a two-part article called "Marxmanship in Dallas" published in March 1964 in American Opinion, the Birch magazine. It alleged that Lee Harvey Oswald had carried out the murder as part of a communist conspiracy to kill Kennedy, whom Oliver described as
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168-570: The 1960s until his death, Oliver produced essays alleging Jewish conspiracies. Oliver subsequently became involved with Willis Carto 's National Youth Alliance (NYA). Oliver mentored William Luther Pierce , founder of the National Alliance and author of The Turner Diaries . He also mentored the neo-Nazi activist Kevin Alfred Strom . "Oliver's writings on Jews and race-mixing became an important part of neo-Nazi culture in
189-722: The Departments of Spanish and Italian . He said he read 11 languages. Oliver worked in a military intelligence unit in the Signal Services during World War II , according to his writing. He wrote that he was in the War Department from 1942 until autumn 1945, and that he was "responsible for the work of c. 175 persons". Oliver left Washington, D.C. in 1945. He joined the University of Illinois in 1945 as an Assistant Professor, became an Associate Professor in 1947, and Professor in 1953. He published little in
210-585: The University of Illinois in 1938. He received his PhD in 1940. That same year, the University published his Ph.D. thesis : Niccolò Perotti 's Translations of the Enchiridion , which was republished in 1954 as Niccolo Perotti's Version of the Enchiridion of Epictetus . Oliver began teaching graduate classes. For a number of years he also gave graduate courses in the Renaissance , teaching in
231-540: The academic press but later became known for politically conservative articles expressing anti-Semitism and white nationalism. He retired in 1977 from the University of Illinois as a professor emeritus. Oliver was an early book reviewer for National Review from 1956 until May 1960 when he was ousted by its editor, William F. Buckley Jr for his public antisemitism. Oliver also wrote for The American Mercury . Buckley, who aimed to make conservatism more respectable to Americans averse to antisemitism and extremism, kept
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#1732772882136252-600: The early twenty-first century," according to Andrew S. Winston of the University of Guelph. In 1978, Oliver became an editorial adviser for the Institute for Historical Review , an organization devoted primarily to Holocaust denial . He was also a regular contributor to Liberty Bell , an antisemitic magazine of George P. Dietz . Although originally a proponent that Christianity is essential to Western civilization, Oliver became convinced that Christianity, by promoting universality and brotherhood rather than racial survival,
273-490: The murder. Oliver was born in 1908 near Corpus Christi, Texas . He attended two years of high school in Illinois . He wrote that he received "one of the first mastoidectomies performed as more than a daring experiment". He relocated to California , where he studied Sanskrit , finding a Hindu missionary to tutor him, he wrote. He later wrote that as an adolescent, he found amusement in watching evangelists "pitch
294-622: The propagator of the Hamiltonian for the quantum harmonic oscillator Mehler reaction , also known as Photorespiration, a process in plant metabolism Fock-Mehler transform , an integral transform introduced by Mehler (1881) and rediscovered by Fock (1943) Heine-Mehler formula describes the asymptotic behavior of the Legendre polynomials as the index tends to infinity Meher (disambiguation) Mehl Mehle Methler [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
315-477: The risk of transmitting COVID. In the video, Mehler referred to his students as "vectors of disease" and claimed he had given each one of them a grade before the class had even started. He further berated college administrators for requiring him to teach face-to-face classes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic . Mehler was suspended while Ferris State administration investigated the video. In response, Mehler sued
336-660: The university, seeking to be reinstated. After a federal judge declined to reinstate him, Mehler settled with the university out of court and retired. Revilo P. Oliver Revilo Pendleton Oliver (July 7, 1908 – August 20, 1994) was an American professor of Classical philology , Spanish , and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . He was a co-founder of the John Birch Society in 1958, where he published in its magazine, American Opinion , before resigning in 1966. He later advised
357-581: The woo at the simple-minded", attending performances of Aimee Semple McPherson and Katherine Tingley . He entered Pomona College in Claremont, California , when he was sixteen. In 1930, Oliver married Grace Needham. He returned to Illinois, where he attended the University of Illinois and studied under William Abbott Oldfather . His first book was an annotated translation, from the Sanskrit , of Mricchakatika ( The Little Clay Cart ), published by
378-517: Was "forced to resign" from the society on July 30, 1966. Oliver later claimed in 1981 to have discovered that Welch "was merely the nominal head of the Birch business, which he operated under the supervision of a committee of Jews". Oliver is described as "a virulent anti-Semite" in Claire Conner's memoir about the time, Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right . From
399-625: Was a driving force behind a successful campaign to have an American Psychological Association lifetime achievement award for Raymond B. Cattell postponed because of his "lifetime commitment to fascist and eugenics causes". Mehler's most cited article was written that year and examined Cattell's "Beyondism", in which Cattell thanked several high-profile supporters of scientific racism , including Roger Pearson and Revilo P. Oliver . In January 2022, Mehler posted an expletive-laden video to his YouTube channel to welcome students to his class. He discouraged students from attending class in-person due to
420-460: Was alien to the best instincts of the white race to defend its existence." In 1994, suffering from leukemia and severe emphysema , he committed suicide at the age of 86 in Urbana, Illinois . His estate arranged to publish several works posthumously through Historical Review Press and Liberty Bell, as well as to attend to the needs of his wife Grace in her declining years. "Revilo P. Oliver"
441-526: Was itself a Jewish product and part of the conspiracy. In a 1990 article, he characterized Christianity as "a spiritual syphilis " that "has rotted the minds of our race and induced paralysis of our will to live". Damon T. Berry , in his book Blood and Faith: Christianity and American White Nationalism ( Syracuse University Press, 2017), devotes a chapter to Oliver, concluding that "Oliver hated both conservativism and Christianity ... because they equally represented to him an ideological poison that
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