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Happy Birthday, Marge!

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
February 4, 2016
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Submitted by Hank on Thu, 02/04/2016 - 05:01
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Marge Bloom, who gave birth to American Council on Science and Health Director of Chemical Sciences (and Science 2.0 Featured Columnist) Dr. Josh Bloom - and has never lived that down - is celebrating her 89th birthday today.

Since it is winter time, I hope she is taking a day off from her usual gig escorting lost tourists around Central Park in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

Here she is with her favorite child:

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