George Winne Jr.

George Winne Jr. (April 2, 1947 – May 11, 1970) was an American student who, in protest of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, set himself on fire in an act of self-immolation at Revelle Plaza on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. Winne's act was inspired by the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức.

George Winne Jr.
Born(1947-04-02)April 2, 1947
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMay 11, 1970(1970-05-11) (aged 23)
La Jolla, California, U.S.
Cause of deathBurns from self-immolation
NationalityAmerican

Death

At noon on May 11, a memorial service was held in Revelle Plaza. Speakers included history professor and chair of the faculty senate Gabriel Jackson and philosophy professor Herbert Marcuse.

Memorials
The Winne Memorial at UCSD, looking south toward the Price Center ATMs.

In 2013, a group of students studying the history of progressive activism at UC San Diego, proposed a "memory site" near the location of Winne's act. Rather than focusing on his individual act, the memorial remembered all those who fought for peace during the American war in Vietnam as well as all those who struggle for peace today. With input and support from Winne's cousin, Keith Stowe, and others, the site was completed in 2014.[1]

See also

References
  1. "New Campus Memorial Honors Protesters for Peace". 2014-02-06. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
  • Keen, H. "San Diego student who set self afire in war protest dies", Los Angeles Times, May 12, 1970
  • Joyner, Owen. "Student Sets Self Afire; Dies to Protest War," UCSD Triton Times, May 12, 1970
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