George Wiley
George Alvin Wiley (26 February 1931 – 8 August 1973) was an American chemist and civil rights leader.
Wiley earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Rhode Island in 1953; received a doctorate in organic chemistry from Cornell University in 1957; fulfilled a six-month ROTC obligation as a first lieutenant in the United States Army at Fort Lee, Virginia; and subsequently accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles. Wiley taught for two years at the University of California, Berkeley, whereupon he took a teaching position at Syracuse University in 1960. That same year, he founded the Syracuse chapter of Congress of Racial Equality. He later was a founder of the National Welfare Rights Organization.[1]
He was named on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
In August 1973, Wiley was reported missing and presumed drowned while sailing in Chesapeake Bay.[1] The George Wiley Award for Exceptional Performance in Organic Chemistry for students at the university of Syracuse is named in his honor.
Wiley was married and had a son and a daughter. His daughter is the civil rights activist Maya Wiley.[2]
Further reading
- Carolyn P. DuBose: Champion of Welfare Rights. Ebony, April 1970, pp. 31-40 (excerpt (Google Books)
- Nick Kotz and Mary Lynn Kotz, A Passion for Equality: George Wiley and the Movement (New York: W.W. Norton, 1977). ISBN 0-393-07517-6
External links
- Wiley, George Alvin (1931-1973) at blackpast.org
Notes
- ^ a b Dr. George Wiley Feared Drowned; Civil Rights Leader, 42, Who Headed Welfare Group, Is Sought Off Maryland. New York Times. August, 10, 1973.
- ^ "Maya Wiley's push for civil rights". Politico. July 21, 2014.
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