Vito Paulekas, the first CIA Hippie

Before ARMY West Point cadet Timothy Leary
Before ARMY Colonel Paul Tate (Sharon's father)
Before Charlie Miles Maddox Manson

there was:
Vito Paulekas (1913-1992)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Paulekas
https://theunexpectedcosmology.com/the-first-hippie-shall-be-last-charlie-manson-meet-vito-and-the-freaks/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_a_Go_Go
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Nash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Valentine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy_Theatre_(West_Hollywood)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Adler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Asher
https://news.yahoo.com/ultimate-influencer-born-100-years-140035676.html