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'''Melvin Miller Rader''' (8 November 1903 – 14 June 1981) was an author and professor of philosophy at the [[University of Washington]] for 51 years, and an outspoken advocate of civil rights. He taught [[ethics]], [[aesthetics]] and [[political philosophy]]. In 1948, he was accused of being a [[Communism|communist]] by the [[Canwell Committee]] (the Joint Legislative Fact Finding Committee on [[House Un-American Activities Committee|Un-American Activities]]), and was later exonerated in 1951 by [[List of Attorneys General of Washington|Attorney General, Smith Troy]]. [[Ed Guthman]], a [[The Seattle Times|Seattle Times]] investigative reporter, received a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his reporting of the events. In 2009, an endowment fund was created in Rader's name at the [[University of washington|University of Washington]] to fund philosophy students engaged in social justice work.<ref>[http://www.phil.washington.edu/enews/fall2010/enewsfall2010rader.htm University of Washington, Philosophy Department, webpage.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>