George Alvin Wiley (26 February 1931 - 8 August 1973) was an American chemist and civil rights leader. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... A chemist pours from a Florence flask. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...

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 Universityin 1960. That same year, he founded the Syracuse chapter of Congress of Racial Equality. He later founded the National Welfare Rights Organization. The University of Rhode Island, commonly abbreviated as U.R.I., is the principal public research university in the State of Rhode Island, with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, and three other campuses located throughout the state. ... Cornell redirects here. ... The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program of the United States armed forces present on college campuses to recruit and educate commissioned officers. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Fort Lee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George County, Virginia, United States. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, generally known as UCLA, is a public university whose main campus is located in the affluent Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ... Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. ... The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century. ... We dont have an article called National Welfare Rights Organization Start this article Search for National Welfare Rights Organization in. ...

He was named on the master list of Nixon political opponents. A master list of Nixon political opponents was compiled to supplement the original Nixons Enemies List of 20 key people considered opponents of President Richard Nixon. ...

In August 1973, Wiley was reported missing and presumed drowned while sailing in Chesapeake Bay. The George Wiley Award in Organic Chemistry at Syracuse is named in his honor. The Chesapeake Bay - Landsat photo The Chesapeake Bay where the Susquehanna River empties into it. ...

References

• (August 10, 1973). Dr. George Wiley Feared Drowned; Civil Rights Leader, 42, Who Headed Welfare Group, Is Sought Off Maryland. New York Times