Boom!
Yes. A Catholic professor, Danforth fellow, formerly active in conservative California politics, worked with Ward Connerly ... was the guy I hitchiked across the country with in April and August of 1967.
Many became religious and joined real or quasi- monastic communities, Christian and Buddhist. One, already an electronic whiz kid, ended up as a sound engineer for some serious recording studios and became an EE professor at a respectable univeristy.
I, as is obvious, just continued on my merry, irresponsible way ....
Yep.
I was a 16 year old McGovern-supporting hippie-wannabe in 1972 (bra-less is a good look for many 18-20 year old chicks). By 1976 I was voting for Gerald Ford in my first presidential election (and only because RR didn’t get the nomination).
David Horowitz is another significant example of someone who grew up.