What is Donald A. B. Lindberg?
[[File:Pdq press conference (2) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Donald Allen Bror Lindberg'''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ShawETUhrIC&q=Donald+Allen+Bror+Lindberg+1933 | title=Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1994: National Institutes of Health | year=1993 | isbn=9780160410536 }}</ref> (September 21, 1933 – August 17, 2019) was an American mathematician. He was born in [[New York City]]. He was the Director of the [[United States National Library of Medicine]] from 1984 until his retirement in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D. |work = College of Science, George Mason University |access-date = 28 May 2013 |url = http://cos.gmu.edu/node/2643 |archive-date = 30 October 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121030190700/http://cos.gmu.edu/node/2643 |url-status = dead }}</ref> He was known for his work in medical computing.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Innovation At NIH: Donald Lindberg, Senior Statesman For Medicine And Computers |work = Breaking Government |access-date = 28 May 2013 |url = http://breakinggov.com/2012/05/16/innovation-at-nih-donald-lindberg-senior-statesman-for-medicin/}}</ref> Lindberg died on August 17, 2019 after falling at his home at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donald A. B. Lindberg |url=https://dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/silver-spring-md/donald-lindberg-8823147 |website=dignitymemorial.com |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/mourning-loss-former-nlm-director-donald-ab-lindberg-md | title=Mourning the loss of former NLM Director Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D. | date=19 August 2019 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindberg, Donald A.B.}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls in the United States]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}