Donald Allen Bror Lindberg (September 21, 1933 – August 17, 2019) was the Director of the

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from 1984 until his retirement in 2015. He was known for his work in medical computing, especially the development of

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. He won the 1997 Morris F. Collen Award from the American College of Medical Informatics.

Biography

Lindberg grew up in

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. He graduated from the

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. He went on to graduate from

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in applied mathematics ''magna cum laude'' in 1954. He received his

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from

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in 1958. Between 1958 and 1960, he completed an internship and residency in pathology at

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. In 1960 he joined the

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becoming a faculty member at the

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where he developed a distinguished career, pioneering health care applications of computer technology and informatics for medicine. He played a valuable role in establishing the

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and served as founding president. The NIH's in memoriam letter recognized Dr. Lindberg for his "notable global contributions to information and computer science activities for information used in medical diagnosis, artificial intelligence, and educational programs, in the process fundamentally changing the way biomedical information is collected, shared, and analyzed. He will be remembered for his outstanding leadership, his vision and passion for transforming access to medical information, and as a civil servant who was committed to excellence, transparency, integrity, and public trust." Lindberg died on August 17, 2019.

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