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Along with Midge Miller , in 1968, he started the Dump Johnson movement . He lost his seat due to gerrymandering in 1970. In 1971, he became head of the Americans for Democratic Action. That same year, he started the Dump Nixon movement . In 1972, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in a Brooklyn district.

Lowenstein was well known for his ability to attract energtic young volunteers for his political causes. In the mid- 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around, he briefly served as dean of Stern HallStern Hall is a hall at Dillard University. Dillard's science building was built in 1952. It's named in honor of Edgar Bloom Stern, prominent financier and philanthropist of New Orleans. The building was renovated in 1952 and again in 1968. In the buildin, then a men's dormitory at Stanford UniversityFor other meanings of Stanford see Stanford (disambiguation). Stanford University is a privately funded university in Stanford, California. It is located approximately 35 miles southeast of San Francisco, in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County ad, during which time he met and befriended undergraduate students David HarrisDavid Harris was a prominent anti- Vietnam War protestor as President of the Associated Students of Stanford University, and later, as the leader of many anti-draft groups. He was also involved in SNCC's voter registration efforts in Mississippi. He was e and Dennis SweeneyDennis Sweeney was an anti- Vietnam War protestor and civil rights activist in the 1960s. He worked with SNCC in their voter registration drives in Mississippi. During his time at Stanford University, he was the protege of Allard Lowenstein, a political o. Over a decade later in 1980, Lowenstein was shot in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York, by this same Dennis Sweeney, now mentally ill and convinced that Lowenstein was plotting against him. Sweeney subsequently turned himself in to the police. Lowenstein, Sweeney, and the shooting are discussed in the autobiographical book Dreams Die Hard, written in 1982 by Harris, a onetime friend of both men.

Lowenstein was a graduate of Horace Mann School in New York City.