Facts: - death place: crozet , virginia - residence: the plains , virginia - known for: assistant director of the white house office of science and technology to policy ; director of the congressional office of technology assessment the president for science and technology and - caption: john gibbons -lrb- right -rrb- - fields: math ph.d. -rrb- , chemistry -lrb- b.s. -rrb- nuclear physics -lrb- - death date: 17 july 2015 - workplaces: congressional office of technology assessment - education: randolph-macon college , b.s. duke university , ph.d. . - birth date: 15 january 1929 - name: john howard gibbons - citizenship: american - nationality: usa - image: dr_gibbons_usda . jpg - birth place: harrisonburg , virginia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john h. gibbons -lrb- scientist -rrb- .
'' for other perons named john gibbons see john gibbons -lrb- disambiguation -rrb- '' john howard '' jack '' gibbons -lrb- january 15 , 1929 -- july 17 , 2015 -rrb- was an american scientist , nuclear physicist , and internationally recognized expert in technologies for energy efficiency and energy resource conservation .he served as the assistant to the president for science and technology and director of the white house office of science and technology policy under president bill clinton from 1993-1998 .