Judith Gruber

Age: 54

Summary: professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley known for her research in bureaucracy whose 1987 book Controlling Bureaucracies: Dilemmas in Democratic Governance examined how the public can exert control over better-informed government officials.

Cause of Death: Brain cancer

Born: September 20, 1950

Died: June 1, 2005

Location: Berkeley, California