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Martin John Broekhuysen, mathematician and poet

Martin John Broekhuysen lobbied Capitol Hill this year for the National ALS Registry. Martin John Broekhuysen lobbied Capitol Hill this year for the National ALS Registry.
By Jeannie M. Nuss
Globe Correspondent / November 30, 2008

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Martin John Broekhuysen was no ordinary mathematician. He studied psychology, he sang baritone in a classical music chorus, he read Robert Frost and William Butler Yeats, and he wrote poetry. (Full article: 776 words)

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