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Bruce Edwards Ivins

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Scientist

The Resume

    (April 22, 1946-July 29, 2008)
    Born in Lebanon, Ohio
    Senior biodefense researcher for the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland
    Committed suicide as the FBI was preparing to charge him in relation to the 2001 anthrax attacks which had killed five people and made 17 ill

Why he might be annoying:

    Ironically, he initially was asked by the FBI to help investigate the anthrax attacks.
    He stood to benefit financially from the anthrax attacks as co-inventor of a genetically-engineered vaccine.
    Social worker Jean Duley requested a restraining order, saying he had stalked her and threatened her life.
    His brother Tom said of the allegations, 'It makes sense.... He considered himself like a god.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He volunteered for the Red Cross.
    He and two colleagues received the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, the Defense Department's highest award for civilian employees, for solving technical problems in the manufacture of the anthrax vaccine.
    Fellow scientist W. Russell Byrne said, 'There are people you just know are ticking bombs. He was not one of them.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 33 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 64 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 80 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 100 Votes: 78.00% Annoying