John Froines

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John R. Froines is a chemist and anti-war activist.

He is most noted as a member of the Chicago Seven, a group charged with involvement with the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Froines, who holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale, was charged with interstate travel for purposes of inciting a riot and with making incendiary devices. He was one of the two defendants to be acquitted by the jury on all charges [1].

Froines later served as the Director of Toxic Substances at OSHA. He currently teaches at the UCLA School of Public Health [2].

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NAME Froines, John
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