[ RadSafe ] Newell Stanard

[Marcel Schouwenburg]

Posted on behalf of Otto G. Raabe

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On September 19, 2005, we lost one of the giants of our profession, Dr. 
J. Newell Stannard [1/2/10-9/19/05].

Here is his obit:

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   Dr. J. Newell Stannard
 
January 2, 1910 to September 19, 2005
 
Dr. J. Newell Stannard, 95, of Rancho Bernardo died peacefully Monday 
evening surrounded by his loved ones at the Remington Club Nursing Home 
in Rancho Bernardo.
 
Newell developed the world's first Ph.D. program in radiation biology.  
He was associated with and taught at the University of Rochester School 
of Medicine and Dentistry from 1935 to 1975.  After his retirement from 
teaching, he moved to Rancho Bernardo, California with his first wife 
Grace, where he was appointed adjunct professor of community medicine 
and radiology at the University of California, San Diego.  Most of the 
research for and preparation of his 1900 page book, on "Radioactivity 
and Health, A History," was done from this fulcrum, along with continued 
service on national committees, both formal and informal.
 
Newell's contributions to research on the health effects of radiation 
and to the education of students in both basic and applied radiation 
protection began in the 1940's at the University of Rochester during the 
final days of the Manhattan project.
 
Newell received a P.H.D. from Harvard in 1935 in physiology and 
biophysics and was on the faculty of the University of Rochester until 
World War ll.  During the war he served as a Naval officer assigned to 
do research on respiratory physiology at the National Institutes of 
Health. 
 
After the war he returned to the University of Rochester, where, in 
1947, he was appointed assistant director for Education in the Atomic 
Energy Project.  As director of this program in radiological physics and 
radiation biology, he guided the education of hundred of students who 
are now or have been among the leaders in the Health Physics 
Profession.  The number of graduates who have made significant 
contributions to Radiation protection and related professions in 
industries, education, research, medicine and government is beyond any 
attempt to measure.  The legacy of Dr. J. Newell Stannard and the 
University of Rochester is huge and still growing.
 
 
Dr. Stannard recently said: "Mine has not been a spectacular career but 
it has been eminently satisfying and filled with chances to make a 
difference thanks to the love and support of family, friends and 
colleagues.  I would like to be remembered primarily as a teacher, as 
one who helped pave the way for others to reach their full potential.  
Indeed having students who in time have had students, gives such a 
career an aura of immortality that is something to treasure."
 
Newell is survived by his wife Helena Ruth Stannard, daughter Susan 
Frazier and her husband Jack of Valley Center, CA., granddaughter 
Christy Malloy and her husband, Phil of Carlsbad, CA., Jack's son Jake 
and wife Diana, and Jack's daughters Patti, Tina, Katrina and her 
husband Russell, Helena's three daughters Dianne Eppler and her husband 
Ted of Hunters, WA., Bonnie DesRosiers of Rancho Bernardo, and Brenda 
Hanisee and her husband Pat of Haughton, LA.,  Helena's six 
grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren from their combined 
families.  His is also survived by his brother Robert and his wife 
Lettie of Wellington, OH, and his special niece and companion/caregiver 
of 26 years, Valerie Hoskins of Valley Center, CA.
 
A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm on Wednesday October the 12th, 
2005 at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Poway.  In lieu of 
flowers, the family has requested any donations to be made to the J. 
Newell Stannard Graduate Scholarship Fund at the University of Rochester 
School of Medicine and Dentistry, Alumni Relations & Development in 
Rochester NY.
 

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Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
Center for Health & the Environment
(Street Address: Bldg. 3792, Old Davis Road)
University of California, Davis, CA 95616
E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-7754   FAX: (530) 758-6140
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Marcel Schouwenburg - RadSafe moderator & List owner
Head Training Centre Delft
National Centre for Radiation Protection (Dutch abbr. NCSV)

Faculty of Applied Sciences / Reactor Institute Delft
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