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Mario Savio

Peace and Freedom

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-05-1968 Peace and Freedom SD-11 11712 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: December 8, 1942 in New York, New York
Married: Suzanne Goldberg (in 1965), Lynne Hollander (in 1980)
Child: Stefan, Daniel
Died: November 6, 1996 in Sebastopol, CA

1960s: Chair, UC Berkeley Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
1963-1965: Member, Berkeley Free Speech Movement
1990s: Professor (Mathematics and Philosophy), Sonoma State University

  • Since 1996, UC Berkeley has hosted an annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture.

Source: "Primary Ballot Studded With Comeback Efforts" by Richard Bergholz, Los Angeles Times (4/28/1968)