Meeting of October 27, 2026

Mark Costin on “The KKK in Indiana in the 1920s”

In the 1920s Indiana became a stronghold of the KKK with 250,000 members. Mark’s talk discusses the rise and especially the sudden collapse in a kidnapping and murder scandal of the organization.

Mark Costin is an engineer living in Sunnyvale, CA, recently retired from working on functional safety for automated and autonomous vehicles. A long time history buff, Mark now has more time to devote to his hobby. He holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, an M.Eng from McMaster University and B.Eng from McGill University.