Deceased--John Marburger III

John Marburger IIIFebruary 8th, 1941 to July 28th, 2011"John Marburger III dies at 70; science advisor to President George W. Bush"Physicist John H. Marburger III also was a dean at USC, president of State University of New York at Stony Brook and head of Brookhaven National Laboratory.byThomas H. Maugh IIAugust 5th, 2011Los Angeles TimesPhysicist John H. Marburger III, who served as President

Physicist and Pentagon’s top deputy puts the brakes on spending

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