User:Feoffer/sandbox Chuck Dederich

Charles Edwin "Chuck" Dederich (March 22, 1913 - February 28, 1997) was the founder of Synanon.

Dederich was born in Toledo, Ohio, on March 22, 1913 to Charles Sr. and the former Agnes Kountz, a classical concert singer. His father died when Charles Jr was 4; his older brother died when Charles Jr. was 8.

In 1958, Dederich formed Synanon. In 1980, he pleaded no contest murder after placing a rattle snake in the mailbox of lawyer suing the group.