death_place death_date children birth_place parents birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
madison , wisconsin 24 august 1970 christopher , heidi and karin south bend , indiana walter 14 january 1937 stephanie robert fassnacht
 robert e. fassnacht physics researcher
robert fassnacht

robert e. fassnacht -lrb- -- -rrb- was a physics post-doctoral researcher who was killed by the bombing of sterling hall on august 24 , 1970 , on the university of wisconsin -- madison campus .
fassnacht was a student from south bend , indiana who received a westinghouse scholarship to attend college .
he was at the university of wisconsin -- madison pursuing post-doctoral research in the field of superconductivity , which has potential applications including power distribution and high-speed trains .
