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| Born | Nancy Theresa Lord (1952-02-08)February 8, 1952 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 14, 2022(2022-02-14) (aged 70) Show Low, Arizona, U.S.[1] |
| Political party | Libertarian |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, Baltimore Georgetown University |
Nancy Theresa Lord (February 8, 1952 – February 14, 2022) was an American attorney and medical researcher who was the vice-presidential candidate of theLibertarian Party in the1992 presidential election, as the running-mate ofAndre Marrou. Marrou and Lord placed fourth in the popular vote with 290,087 votes (0.3%).[2][3][4]Lord was the Libertarian candidate forMayor of the District of Columbia in1990.[1] She also unsuccessfully ran forNye County, NevadaDistrict Attorney as aRepublican in 2010.[2][5]
Lord completed undergraduate andM.D. degrees at theUniversity of Maryland. She earned herJ.D. degree fromGeorgetown University Law Center. Until 1983, Lord was employed byAbbott Laboratories, where she authored the successful new drug application forbenzodiazepine hypnotic ("ProSom").[2] After leaving Abbott, Lord worked as an independent consultant in the areas of pharmaceutical development,medical malpractice, andtoxicology.[6][7]
She served on the boards of directors forNORML and for theFully Informed Jury Association[2] and wrote the introduction to the original edition ofYou and the Police byBoston T. Party.[8][9] She was married to J.J. Johnson, an African-American organizer of the American militia movement.
Lord died on February 14, 2022, inShow Low, Arizona, following a bout withCOVID-19.[1]
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