(born 1945), U.S. scientific research critic and activist, born in Chicago; especially opposed biotechnology industry and its willingness to manipulate genes for practical gain; graduated from Wharton School of Finance; organized March on Pentagon 1968; established Citizens Commission (1969), comprised of Vietnam veterans willing to report on U.S. war crimes; served as VISTA (Volunteers in Service for America) worker in inner-city neighborhoods of Brooklyn and East Harlem; founded People's Bicentennial Commission (1971), countercultural organization emphasizing return to revolutionary values of America's founders; books include ‘Common Sense II', ‘How to Commit Revolution American Style', ‘Who Should Play God?', ‘Algeny' (with Nicanor Perlas), and ‘Declaration of a Heretic'.