The Resume

(August 22, 1915-May 25, 2004)
Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts
Member of the Socialist Party of America and the War Resisters League
Founded the magazine 'Liberation' (1956)
Wrote 'Revolutionary Non-Violence: Essays' (1970) and 'From Yale to Jail: The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter' (1993)
Oldest member of the Chicago Seven

Why he might be annoying:

While attending Yale, he spent a summer riding the rails with hobos.
Although he would have received a deferment as a seminary student, he refused to register for the draft at all and went to jail.
He said, 'I received more genuine religious stimulation in prison than in the seminary.'
A reporter covering the Chicago Seven trial wrote that he looked like 'an off-duty scoutmaster.'
He racked up 32 contempt of court citations during the Chicago Seven trial.
He celebrated the first Democratic convention held in Chicago since 1968 by getting arrested at a sit-in protest (1996).

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a life-long advocate of non-violence.
He was captain of the cross-country team at Yale.
He rejected Communism for its lack of a 'spiritual dimension.'
While in jail in World War II, he and other conscientious objectors protested racial segregation of the dining halls, which were ultimately integrated.
He was married to Elizabeth Peterson for 62 years until his death.
Fellow Chicago Seven defendant Tom Hayden called him 'a pacifist who meant business.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 5)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 22]
• Chicago Seven
• Civil Rights Activists
• Golden Girls References
• I Attended Yale
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 88)
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Went on a Hunger Strike
• Influenced by Bayard Rustin
• Look at My Mug Shot
• My Mug Shot is on The Smoking Gun
• Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
• Profiles 26501-26750 (Ranked: 26586)
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• Writers and Editors War Tax Protest Pledge Signers [January 30, 1968]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 66 Votes: 43.94% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 23 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 87 Votes: 72.41% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 41.43% Annoying