George Winne, Jr.

Early life and education

The son of a Navy Captain, George Winne Jr. was raised in San Diego. He was rejected from the US Naval Academy due to poor eyesight, but was an ROTC candidate at Colorado School of Mines before transferring to UCSD. He was a history major at Muir College. In December 1969, he became very withdrawn. Winne suffered third and fourth degree burns over 95 percent of his body, and he died at Scripps Hospital at 2am on the 11th of May, 1970.

At noon on May 11, a memorial service was held in Revelle Plaza. Speakers included history professor and chair of the faculty senate Gabriel Jackson and philosophy professor Herbert Marcuse. thumb "Thirty Blocks" (1976) sculpture in "George Winne Memorial Grove"

Memorials For decades, faculty and students held vigils in remembrance of Winne in Revelle Plaza. , which reads:thumb

In the winter of 2014, a "May 1970 Peace Memorial", was installed in Revelle Plaza. An inscription reads: