Paul simon senator autobiography of a yogi

Simon, Paul (1928 – 2003)

May 8, 2019

Last modified: June 28, 2019

By Shannan Mason

Paul Simon was an Illinois Democratic senator from Madison County born November 19, 1928 to a devout Lutheran family in Eugene, Oregon.((Paul Simon, P.S.

The Autobiography of Paul Simon (Chicago: Bonus Books, 1999), 1.)) Despite never completing college, he became a successful businessman, senator, and advocate for human rights who fought against corruption at the local, state and national levels.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Simon’s father Martin worked as a pastor while his mother Ruth worked at a local cannery.((Ibid., 9.)) While living in Oregon, his father built a publishing and editing company he operated out of their garage with equipment purchased with a loan.((Ibid., 12-13.)) Simon attended Eugene High School where he came to the realization that he did not want to enter the religious vocation as previously planned and had several teachers who encouraged him to