H-bomb creator Richard Garwin was a giant in science, technology and policy

Ph. President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Richard Garwin at the White House on Nov. 22, 2016. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Matthew Bunn, Harvard Kennedy School Richard Garwin, who died on May 13, 2025, at the age of 97, was sometimes called “the most influential scientist you’ve never heard of.”