Editing Paul Wellstone (section)

==Background and education==
Wellstone was born in [[Washington, D.C.]], the second son of [[Ukrainian Jews|Ukrainian Jewish immigrants]] Leon and Minnie Wellstone. His father changed the family name from Wexelstein after encountering [[antisemitism]] during the 1930s.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dennis J. McGrath, Dane Smith|title=Professor Wellstone goes to Washington: The Inside Story of a Grassroots U.S. Senate Campaign|publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]]|date=April 1995|location=Minneapolis, MN|page=[https://archive.org/details/professorwellsto0000mcgr_a1j9/page/292 292]|url=https://archive.org/details/professorwellsto0000mcgr_a1j9|url-access=registration|quote=Wexelstein wellstone.|isbn=978-0-8166-2663-2 }}</ref> Raised in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]], Wellstone attended [[Wakefield High School (Arlington County, Virginia)|Wakefield High School]] and [[Yorktown High School (Virginia)|Yorktown High School]], graduating in 1962.<ref name="startribune.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/11758146.html?refer%3Dy |title=Sen. Paul Wellstone &#124; StarTribune.com |website=[[Star Tribune]] |access-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603094356/http://www.startribune.com/politics/11758146.html?refer=y |archive-date=June 3, 2013 }}</ref>

Wellstone attended the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] (UNC) on a [[sport wrestling|wrestling scholarship]]. In college he was an undefeated [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] wrestling champion. After his freshman year, he married [[Sheila Wellstone|Sheila Ison Wellstone]]. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[political science]] in 1965, and was elected [[Phi Beta Kappa]].<ref name="unc-well">{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/depts/polisci/news_items/alumni_news/2002/wellstone2.html |title=www.unc.edu/depts/polisci/news_items/alumni_news/2002/wellstone2.html |publisher=Unc.edu |access-date=December 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126013108/http://www.unc.edu/depts/polisci/news_items/alumni_news/2002/wellstone2.html |archive-date=January 26, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="unc-well1">{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/depts/polisci/news_items/alumni_news/2002/wellstone.html |title=www.unc.edu/depts/polisci/news_items/alumni_news/2002/wellstone.html |publisher=Unc.edu |access-date=December 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126014406/http://www.unc.edu/depts/polisci/news_items/alumni_news/2002/wellstone.html |archive-date=January 26, 2009 }}</ref> In May 1969, Wellstone earned a [[PhD]] in [[political science]] from UNC. His doctoral dissertation on the roots of black militancy was titled ''Black Militants in the Ghetto: Why They Believe in Violence''.<ref name="startribune.com"/>