an anonymous letter to university officials accusing Starsky of fomenting violence. He was one of the first people targeted by the FBI program known as COINTELPRO, and subsequent litigation later resulted in a significant award of damages paid to the Socialist Workers Party. Later life and ASU settlement Following his termination, the American Association of University Professors censured ASU for failing to respect professors' right to tenure. Starsky worked a variety of jobs after his separation from ASU, including temporary teaching appointments at San Diego State University and Cleveland State University. In 1981, ASU President J. Russell Nelson agreed to a settlement with Starsky for a small portion of back wages, which Starsky accepted because of his deteriorating health. Starsky's declining health had forced him to retire in 1978 and he subsisted on disability payments. Starsky died of a degenerative heart disease in 1989. Starsky was survived by his wife, Lorraine Starsky, and their two sons, Jacob Benjamin and Samuel Elliot. References Further reading "The March to the Right: A Case Study in Political Repression" by Thomas Ford Hoult, Schenkman Publishing Company, Inc., Cambridge, MA 1972. 1933 births 1989 deaths American anti–Vietnam War activists Arizona State University faculty COINTELPRO targets University of Michigan alumni University of Rochester alumni Cleveland State University faculty San Diego State University faculty Activists from California