John H. Marburger

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John H. Marburger as Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

John Harmen "Jack" Marburger III (born February 8, 1941 in Staten Island , New York City , † July 28, 2011 in Port Jefferson , New York ) was an American physicist . From 1980 to 1994 he was President of Stony Brook University and from 1998 Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory . From 2001 to 2009 he was Science Advisor to US President George W. Bush and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy .

Life

Marburger grew up in Maryland and studied physics ( Bachelor ) at Princeton University until 1962 . This was followed by a year-long activity at the Goddard Space Flight Center . He then graduated from Stanford University , a postgraduate degree . In 1967 he received his doctorate from Stanford . From 1966 he worked at the University of Southern California (USC), where he held a professorship for physics and electrical engineering and was temporarily dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences . His research areas were nonlinear optics and quantum optics .

In 1980, John Marburger moved to Stony Brook University as President . During his term of office, which lasted until 1994, he established a bioscientific research profile and, compared to other universities in the northeastern United States, a significant increase in federal funding for research projects. After his tenure as president, he continued to work as a professor at the university.

In the 1980s, he was chairman of a commission to provide New York State with scientific advice on the Shoreham nuclear power plant after technical problems and increased costs delayed construction.

In 1998, Marburger was appointed director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory after tritium leaked there and the facility was exposed to criticism. He has received praise from environmental groups for his role in public relations and the implementation of external controls. During his tenure, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) was commissioned in Brookshaven.

In September 2001, US President George W. Bush appointed the Democrat Marburger as Science Advisor and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy . In this position, he had to defend the government's conservative positions on issues such as global warming and stem cell research . In particular, his defense of the government was criticized after allegations of possible influence on research in federal institutions, including by the Union of Concerned Scientists . He was succeeded in office by John Holdren under President Barack Obama .

From 2009 Marburger worked again at Stony Brook University, from 2010 as Vice President for Research. In 2001 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .

Marburger was married to Carol Preston Godfrey Marburger and had two sons.

Publications (selection)

  • Kaye Husbands Fealing, Julia I. Lane, John H. Marburger III, Stephanie S. Shipp (Eds.): The Science of Science Policy. A handbook. Stanford University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-8047-7078-1 .
  • John Marburger: Constructing Reality . Cambridge University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-107-00483-2 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d In Memoriam: John Marburger. @Brookhaven TODAY, July 29th, 2011.
  2. ^ A b Roger Pielke: John Marburger (1941–2011). In: Nature . Volume 476, 2011, pp. 284-284, doi : 10.1038 / 476284a .
  3. ^ Paul Vitello: John H. Marburger, Bush Science Adviser, Dies at 70 . In: The New York Times . July 29, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Marburger, John H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marburger, John Harmen III (full name); Marburger, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Staten Island
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 2011
Place of death Port Jefferson (New York)