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Blas Davila 1930 - 2002

Blas Davila of Indianapolis, Marion County, IN was born on February 3, 1930. Blas Davila was married to Janet Bell Davila, and died at age 72 years old on August 31, 2002.

Blas Davila

Indianapolis, Marion County, IN 46214

February 3, 1930

August 31, 2002

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Blas Davilia was one of five undergraduate students who created the "Green Feather Movement" as a protest against McCarthyism and attempted censorship at the University of Indiana (per Wikipedia). The Blas Davila "Doctoral Student Demonstrating Outstanding Service in Clinical Psychology" Award from the School of Psychological Sciences is given annually to the one student who most exemplifies the commitment to public service demonstrated by former School of Psychological Services staff member Blas Davila (per the campus web site). He worked for thirty years as a psychologist at the Central State Hospital in Indiana before it was closed in 1994 (per an AP article on the closing). Per one of his students, who posted this on September 3rd, 2002: "It is not possible to describe how important Blas is to the Graduate Psychology Program at U of I. He was always so friendly and helpful to everyone. He was always there for the students. I was fortunate enough to have him as my practicum supervisor last year and I wouldn't have made it without him. He's just a life saver. The Psych office will never be the same without his cheerful face, his jokes, and his magic tricks." He was married on May 20, 1960 to Thelma Louisa Smith (unmarried name: Thelma Louisa Gradeless Snyder) then, 34, in Cass, Indiana and had one son with her, Carl Laurenca Davila, in 1961. They later divorced. Thelma passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2013. She worked as a psych RN for the State of Indiana and at private nursing homes in Indianapolis. March 09, 1990, he married Janet E. Bell, then 45 years of age, who still lives in Indianapolis.
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February 3, 1930

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Indiana University
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Professor at the University of Indianapolis School of Psychological Sciences, psychologiest at Central State Hospital in Indiana.
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2002

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August 31, 2002

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Heart failure

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Blas Davila lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 72.

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In 1930, in the year that Blas Davila was born, on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

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In 1948, at the age of 18 years old, Blas was alive when on May 14th, the State of Israel was proclaimed by David Ben-Gurion, who became Israel's first Premier, and the U.S. officially recognized Israel. That evening, Egypt launched an air assault on Israel.

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Janet Bell Davila

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