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Lee Alvin DuBridge

(21 Sep 1901 - 23 Jan 1994)

American physicist.

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The scientist or engineer—like every other human being bears also the responsibility of being a useful member of his community... and should speak on issues which can be addressed with competence-including joining hands with other citizens

— Lee Alvin DuBridge

Quoted in Thomas Hager, Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling (1995), 347.

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