the Physics department, including chair Susan Coppersmith, and family and friends of Robert, including his daughters Heidi and Karin. The plaque reads:This is the site of the Sterling Hall Bombing, which occurred at 3:40 AM on August 24, 1970. An outstanding research scientist, Dr. Robert Fassnacht, was killed in the bombing while working in his laboratory on a physics experiment studying a basic mechanism for superconductivity in metals. Three others were injured. Dr. Fassnacht was 33 years old, married, and had three young children. Bibliography References Books and Resources Rads: The 1970 Bombing of the Army Math Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Its Aftermath, 1992, by Tom Bates () The Madison Bombings, 1988, by Michael Morris () Madison Newspapers Archive of the Sterling Hall Bombing American terrorism victims Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War Kalamazoo College alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni 1937 births 1970 deaths People murdered in Wisconsin People from South Bend, Indiana Deaths by improvised explosive device in the United States