Ginsburg was a national board member and president and trustee of the American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation, which provides education concerning the history and value of the right to trial by jury, his family said.

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He was an advocate for music education and a trustee for the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress.

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Just last week, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a story that referenced a report from the National Science Board showing that in all but seven states, funding for major public research universities has been cut.

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Board of Education, and 36 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Augusta National welcomed its first African-American member.

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