LELjr, under his given name Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., is the Sydney Stein Jr. Professor Emerirus of the University of Chicago. He is the author or co-author of a dozen monographs and ...view moreLELjr, under his given name Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., is the Sydney Stein Jr. Professor Emerirus of the University of Chicago. He is the author or co-author of a dozen monographs and a textbook in the academic field of public affairs and has also taught at Harvard, Stanford, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas. He is also the author of a collection of short stories, An Iberian Trilogy and Other Stories. He lives with his wife, artist prlynn, in Austin Texas and has five children, nine grandchildren, three great grandchildren (and counting).view less