Don Villarejo
Physicist and Social Justice Leader (1955-2021
About Don Villarejo
Lived 1937 – 2021 (aged 84).
Don Villarejo (January 17, 1937 – November 19, 2021) was an American researcher, writer, and leader in the struggle for civil rights and social justice from 1955 until his death in 2021. His research career primarily focused on theoretical physics, chemical physics, and farmworker health and safety.
Biography Don Villarejo was born to June Blythe and Oscar Villarejo on January 17, 1937. While studying physics at the University of Chicago, he met and married his wife, Merna, in 1959. The couple had two daughters. Viillarejo died on November 19, 2021.
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physicist and Social Justice Leader (1955-2021
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Don Villarejo was born on 17 January 1937.
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Don Villarejo died on 19 November 2021.
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