Michael Harold Just was born to Arthur B. Just (1906 - 1989) and Florence "Fani" Pollack (1908 - 1974). His mother was born in Poland. He had a brother, Elliott William Just (1944 - 1979).
Michael Just married Patricia Mildred Riley (1933 - 2004). He then married Patricia Carol Pace in July 1975 in Nevada and they divorced in May of 1976.
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...