The Foundation for Outlaw Science was founded in 1977 by a small group of bandanna wearing janitors who decided that they would rather perform surgery than mop floors. The Foundation faced heavy persecution from 'legitimate' scientists and medical professionals in its early days, and many foundation patriots were martyred in clandestine battles with militant PhD's, the most famous of which was the massacre of 17 Outlaw Gynecologists and 3 Outlaw Abortionists at the Outlaw Women's Clinic in New York City during the winter of '83. The production "The Va**na Monologues" is loosely based on this tragic event. The bandannas of the slain Outlaw Doctors were taken to Harvard University, where they were prominently displayed as a colorful, bloody reminder to all those who would defy the will of 'mainstream' science. This act of brutality did not have the intended effect, however, and during the summer following the massacre, Outlaw Scientists across the nation began to discard the secrecy of their Outlaw practice and rallied behind the memory of their fallen comrades, culminating in the autumn of '84, when a group of bandanna clad, machette wielding Outlaw Scientists, under the banner of the Jolly Roger, stormed the Harvard University administration building and reclaimed the bandannas of the slain Outlaw Doctors. Many PhD's were slaughtered while attempting in vain to defend the building, and in a manner befitting those who would defile the bandannas of Outlaw patriots, their corpses were dressed in female raiment, adorned sloppily with make-up, and paraded around the Harvard University grounds. Following the 'Battle of Harvard', the corpses of the PhD's were taken back to the Foundation's newly acquired headquarters building in Washington DC, mummified, and publicly displayed. The grim exhibition remains there still, and serves as a great inspiration for fledging Outlaw Scientists and veterans alike. Presently, the Foundation facilitates Outlaw versions of nearly every branch of 'mainstream' science in existence. The commonly held convictions of all Outlaw Scientists can be summed up briefly in the following statements:
1. All scientific inquiry must lead to profit.
2. Higher education and collegiate degrees are a conspiracy perpetrated upon society by the Mormons.
3. Truly meaningful scientific activity can only be conducted while wearing a bandanna.