Bill Ayers
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For the American baseball pitcher, see Bill Ayers (baseball). For the Catholic priest, radio host, and hunger activist, see Bill Ayres.
| Bill Ayers | |
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 Ayers speaks to audience members following a forum on education reform at Florida State University.Bernardine Dohrn, his wife, is seated to the right. | |
| Born | William Charles Ayers December 26, 1944 Glen Ellyn, Illinois, U.S. |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Fields | Education |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (B.A.), Bank Street College of Education (M.Ed.), Teachers College, Columbia University(Ed.M., Ed.D.) |
| Known for | Founder / former member of the Weather Underground Urban educational reform |
| Spouse | Bernardine Dohrn |
William Charles "Bill" Ayers (born December 26, 1944)[1] is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the counterculture movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He is known for his 1960s radical activismas well as his current work in education reform, curriculum, and instruction. In 1969 he co-founded the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group[2] that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings (including police stations, the U.S. Capitol Building, and the Pentagon) during the 1960s and 1970s in response to U.S. involvement in theVietnam War.
He is a retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, formerly holding the titles ofDistinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar.[3] During the 2008 US presidential campaign, a controversy arose over his contacts with then-candidate Barack Obama. He is married to Bernardine Dohrn, who was also a leader in the Weather Underground.
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