He is most noted as a member of the Chicago Seven, a group charged with involvement with the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Froines, who holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale, was charged with making incediary devices. He was acquitted. The Chicago Seven were seven (originally eight) defendants charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to violent protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. ... Featured at the Democratic National Convention are speeches by prominent party figures. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Yale can refer to an educational institution: Yale University, one of the United States oldest universities. ...
Froines later served as the Director of Toxic Substances at OSHA and taught at the UCLA School of Public Health.