Timothy Leary

Dr. Timothy Francis Leary (22 October 1920 - 31 May 1996) portrayed Captain Tripps in FTL Newsfeed.

Career
Leary forged a career as a noted psychology professor and researcher at Harvard before becoming a major, highly controversial advocate during the 1960s of the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. He believed that LSD could be used to treat psychiatric disorders, and also used it himself, later developing a philosophy of mind expansion through LSD. He popularised phrases such as "turn on, tune in, drop out" which became a catchphrase of 1960s counterculture. He was arrested on many occasions during the 1960s and 1970s and gained a reputation such that President Richard Nixon described him as "the most dangerous man in America". He published many books and spoke on a variety of subjects including transhumanism, space migration, cybernetics and life extension.

Leary's filmography includes:
 * Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (documentary) (1967)
 * Walden (documentary) (1969)
 * Nice Dreams (1981)
 * We're All Devo (1983)