Leo Burt

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Leo Burt and his co-conspirators on FBI Wanted Posters put out shortly after the bombing.

Leo Frederick Burt (April 18, 1948) was an anti-Vietnam war protester known for his involvement in the Sterling Hall bombing in 1970. Burt fled to Canada where he and his fellow bombers were tracked by the FBI. Despite having been on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, Burt has neither been captured nor heard from since the bombing.

Leo Frederick Burt was born on April 18 1948 in Darby, Pennsylvania. During this time he showed no signs of becoming a radical. He grew up in a Catholic family and attended Monsignor Bonner High School, an all-boys parochial school. He was also an athlete and enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

[edit] See also

• For more information about the bombing, see Sterling Hall bombing.
• Read more about Burt's involvement in the bombing.
• The documentary, The War at Home (1979 film)

[edit] External links

• Capital Times Article

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