Silas Bissell joined The Weatherman movement for a brief time before going underground after planting a bomb at the University of Washington's ROTC building.
15 Facts About Silas Bissell
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Silas Bissell' mother, Hillary Nelle Rarden, was a Marxist-civil rights activist and encouraged her son to be the same.
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Silas Bissell went to the University of Michigan, where he was awarded three Hopwood Awards for poetry.
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Silas Bissell fell in love with Judith Emily Siff, a New Yorker and they later married.
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Silas Bissell was arrested during his senior year of high school for taking part in a sit-in.
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Silas Bissell graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1964 and then went to Syracuse University and graduated with a master's degree in creative writing in 1965.
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Silas Bissell then moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he took a job as a nurse's assistant.
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Silas Bissell went back to university and earned a bachelor's degree in biology from North Carolina Central University in 1979 and a master's degree in physical therapy from Duke University in 1981.
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Silas Bissell then moved to Eugene, Oregon, and started work as a physical therapist.
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Once again Silas Bissell believed that he was turned in to the FBI in Eugene by a close friend for the $5,500 reward.
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Silas Bissell was charged with conspiracy to destroy federal property and possession of a bomb in connection to an attempt to destroy the University of Washington ROTC building.
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Silas Bissell was sentenced to two years imprisonment but was released after only eighteen months in custody.
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Silas Bissell achieved success, showing in many West Coast galleries.
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Silas Bissell used the proceeds from the sale of his work to fund human rights work.
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Silas Trim Bissell died at age 60 in Eugene of cancer of the brain on June 15,2002.