Donald Allen Bror Lindberg[1] (September 21, 1933 – August 17, 2019) was the Director of the United States National Library of Medicine from 1984 until his retirement in 2015.

He went on to graduate from Amherst College in applied mathematics magna cum laude in 1954.

In 1960 he joined the University of Missouri becoming a faculty member at the University of Missouri School of Medicine[5] 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 American Medical Informatics Association[6] and served as founding president.

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."