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Plaque Honoring Victim of Sterling Hall Bombing Unveiled

Madison: The only fatality in the Sterling Hall bombing in 1970 was honored Friday on the UW campus.

Robert Fassnacht was just a physics student working on his post-doctoral degree back 1970 and most agree recognizing his death was long overdue.

Marvin Wolfmeyer was a classmate of Robert Fassnacht. “He was a very generous person. Very giving. He would go out of his way to help you if he could.” Wolfmeyer drove from Minnesota to be on hand when a plaque remembering Fassnacht was unveiled. “We need to recognize him.”