it was not considered to be as radical as it is today. Around 20,000 patients in California State psychiatric hospital system were sterilized with minimal or non-existent consent given between 1909 and 1950, when the law went into general disuse before its repeal in the 1960s. A favorable report by Human Betterment Foundation workers E.S. Gosney and Paul B. Popenoe, touting the results of the sterilizations in California, was published in the late 1920s, which in turn was often cited by the Nazi government as evidence wide-reaching sterilization programs were feasible and humane. When Nazi administrators went on trial for war crimes in Nuremberg after World War II, they justified their mass sterilizations by pointing at the United States as their inspiration. CSUS attempted to name a new science building after him in 1965, but that effort was rebuffed by students and teachers. In 2005, the university changed the name of its arboretum and botanic garden from the Charles M. Goethe Arboretum to the University Arboretum without fanfare because of renewed attention to Goethe's virulently racist views, praise of Nazi Germany, and advocacy for eugenics. On June 21, 2007, the school board of the Sacramento City Unified School District voted to rename the "Charles M. Goethe Middle School" to the "Rosa Parks Middle School". On January 29, 2008, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors stripped his name from one of Sacramento County's busiest parks. On April 25, 2008, the Sacramento Bee reported that, with a nod from Internet voters and the county parks commission, the park will be renamed River Bend Park. Personal life Charles Goethe married Mary Glide in 1903. Glide came from a wealthy family and Goethe attempted to court Mary nine times before she accepted his offer. According to Goethe, his wife Mary had refused his proposals since she feared that he was solely interested in her wealth. In addition, she rejected his attempts due to the fact that she was struggling with infertility. The Goethes owned multiple ranches and invested money in the stock market, becoming a wealthy and lucrative family. At the time of her death in 1946, Mary's estate was worth $1.5 million. Her husband, Charles Goethe, had an estate worth $24 million when he died on July 10, 1966. Charles Goethe did not have any children, presumably due to Mary's infertility. Books Manuelito of the Red Zerape by C. M. Goethe See also