Robert Fassnacht
Robert Fassnacht | |
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| Born | January 14, 1937 South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | August 24, 1970 (aged 33) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Bomb explosion |
| Alma mater | Kalamazoo College University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Occupation | Physics researcher |
| Spouse | Stephanie Fassnacht |
| Children | Christopher, Heidi and Karin |
| Parent | Walter Fassnacht |
Robert E. Fassnacht (January 14, 1937 – August 24, 1970) was an American physics post-doctoral researcher who was killed by the August 1970 bombing of Sterling Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, perpetrated as a protest against the Vietnam War.
Fassnacht was a student from South Bend, Indiana, who received a Westinghouse scholarship to attend college. He was at the University of Wisconsin–Madison pursuing post-doctoral research in the field of superconductivity.