▁killed ▁by ▁the ▁August ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁bomb ing ▁of ▁Ster ling ▁Hall ▁on ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mad ison ▁campus , ▁perpet r ated ▁as ▁a ▁protest ▁against ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War . ▁ ▁F ass n acht ▁was ▁a ▁student ▁from ▁South ▁B end , ▁Indiana , ▁who ▁received ▁a ▁West ing house ▁scholar ship ▁to ▁attend ▁college . ▁He ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mad ison ▁purs uing ▁post - do ctor al ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁super con duct ivity , ▁which ▁has ▁potential ▁applications ▁including ▁power ▁distribution ▁and ▁high - speed ▁trains . ▁ ▁Bomb ing ▁On ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁August ▁ 2 3 ▁and ▁into ▁the ▁early ▁morning ▁hours ▁of ▁August ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁F ass n acht ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁lab ▁taking ▁care ▁of ▁un fin ished ▁work ▁because ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁were ▁sl ated ▁to ▁leave ▁for ▁a ▁vac ation ▁in ▁San ▁Diego , ▁California . ▁His ▁lab ▁was ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁bas ement ▁of ▁Ster ling ▁Hall . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁cool ing ▁down ▁his ▁de war ▁with ▁liquid ▁nit ro gen ▁when ▁the ▁explos ion ▁occurred . ▁Res cu ers ▁found ▁him ▁face ▁down ▁in ▁about ▁a ▁foot ▁of ▁water . ▁The ▁cause ▁of ▁death , ▁determined ▁from ▁the ▁aut ops y , ▁was ▁internal ▁tra uma . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁protest ▁against ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War , ▁the ▁bomb ▁was ▁built ▁and ▁plant ed ▁by ▁ ▁Kar