his wife, Leila (née Berry) Thornburg (September 21, 1893 – October 13, 1969). They had three children, Roann (1919-1983), Priscilla (1922-1988), and Russell (1927-1989). References Linda Wills Qaimmaqami (1995), "The Catalyst of Nationalization: Max Thornburg and the Failure of Private Sector Developmentalism in Iran, 1947 - 1951", Diplomatic History, vol.19, no.1, pp. 1–31 Petroleum Advisor Max W Thornburg talks with Henry Hazlitt and William Bradford Huie in Longines Chronoscope, July 9, 1951 Islands And Maritime Boundaries Of The Gulf 1798–1960, Archive Editions People and Policy in the Middle East. By Max Weston Thornburg. (With an introduction by Edward S. Mason). (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1964. Pp. xvii, 247. External links 1892 births 1962 deaths University of California, Berkeley alumni Grenoble Alpes University alumni Chevron Corporation 20th century in Bahrain United States Department of State officials