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William C. Davidon was born on 18 March, 1927 in Fort Lauderdale, is an American physicist and peace and anti-repression activist. Discover William C. Davidon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Occupation Physics professor
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 18 March 1927
Birthday 18 March
Birthplace Fort Lauderdale
Date of death 8 November, 2013
Died Place Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Nationality United States

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1927

William Cooper Davidon (March 18, 1927 – November 8, 2013) was an American professor of physics and mathematics, and a peace activist.

Davidon was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1927.

1928

. Davidon also had a child with Zuzana (Suzanne) Libich, née Freund (b. 1928, Prague – d. 2006, Munich), an interpreter and peace activist during the 1968 Prague Spring.

1947

He attended Purdue University and graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. (1947), masters (1950), and Ph.D. (1954) in physics.

1949

Davidon had a son, Alan (1949– ), from his first marriage to Phyllis Wise (1927– ).

1954

From 1954 to 1956, Davidon was a research associate at the Enrico Fermi Institute.

1956

From 1956 to 1961, he was an associate physicist at the Argonne National Laboratory, where he developed the first quasi-Newton algorithm, now known as the Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula.

1961

Davidon was professor of physics at Haverford College from 1961 to 1981, and then Professor of Mathematics (1981–1991), as his interests shifted to include mathematical logic, set theory and non-standard analysis.

1963

In 1963, Davidon married Ann Morrissett (1925–2004), a noted pacifist/feminist essayist and activist.

They had two daughters Sarah Davidon and Ruth Rodgers.

1966

Davidon was a 1966 Fulbright Scholar.

In 1966, Davidon traveled to South Vietnam, with A. J. Muste, sponsored by the Committee for Non-Violent Action.

He also announced that year that he would be refusing to pay his federal income tax in protest against the Vietnam War.

Later, he became a sponsor of the War Tax Resistance project, which practiced and advocated tax resistance as a form of anti-war protest.

1969

They met at the Pugwash Conference in Marienbad in 1969.

1970

Aimée (b. 1970) is an artist and engineer in Los Angeles, California.

1971

As the mastermind of the March 8, 1971, FBI office break-in, in Media, Pennsylvania, Davidon was the informal leader of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI.

The Media break-in resulted in the disclosure of COINTELPRO, which in turn led to subsequent investigations and reforms of the FBI.

In 1971, he was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the Harrisburg Seven case.

During much of this time, he served on the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union, Philadelphia affiliate.

As the leader of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, Davidon was instrumental in planning and organizing a break-in of the FBI's Media, Pennsylvania office.

The documents stolen there led to the disclosure of COINTELPRO.

According to The Burglary, a book published shortly after his death, Davidon also had engaged in draft board raids, stealing or destroying files, and subsequent to Media participated in two acts of sabotage against military materiel intended for use in Vietnam.

Due at least in part to his exceptionally careful planning and his co-conspirators' total commitment to secrecy and discretion, neither he nor anyone else was ever charged in any of those actions, despite an intense, five-year FBI investigation.

1978

Davidon and Morrissett divorced in 1978.

1991

He retired in 1991.

2010

Davidon moved to Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in 2010.

He subsequently married Maxine Libros, who died in 2010.

2013

He died November 8, 2013, of Parkinson's disease.