Richard A. Stubbing *68

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Richard Anthony Stubbing died Nov. 11, 2004, in Durham, N.C. He was 74.

Author of The Defense Game and public commentator on national defense and security, Richard received an M.B.A. at Harvard and was a mid-career fellow in the Woodrow Wilson School's executive fellows program in 1967-68. After serving in the Navy during the Korean conflict, Richard worked in Washington, D.C., for 20 years in the Office of Management and Budget. He joined the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University in 1982 and retired in 2002.

Richard leaves behind his wife, Patricia; four children; and 11 grandchildren.

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