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RE: BWCHPS Ra-226 Suppositories?
Diane: please include me on your reservation list, OK? Thanks.
/roger
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Case, Diane (OD)
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 2:33 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: BWCHPS Ra-226 Suppositories?
>
>
> DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP SOON!!!! BRING FRIENDS AND PARTNERS
> ALSO IF YOU LIKE!
> IT WILL BE BETTER THAN PBS' ANTIQUE ROADSHOW.
> BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF THE HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY
> JANUARY 20, 2000 DINNER MEETING
>
>
> SPEAKER:
> CAPT WILLIAM HOLCOMB
> "THE RADIOACTIVE WORLD AROUND US"
>
> Note: This will be a very enjoyable presentation. Mr.
> Holcomb is a self made
> expert in the uses and perceptions of radioactive materials
> during the early
> part of the 20th century. He will bring some of his
> collection for our
> observation.
>
> As the training officer for NIH since 1990, the training
> program has presented
> more than 1900 classes to some 53,000 attendees (including MDs, PhDs,
> housekeepers, maintenance, police, firefighters, nurses,
> construction workers,
> etc.) and Bill himself presenting 800 of these classes to
> some 25,000 attendees.
> These activities led Bill into developing the topic for the
> evening: "THE
> RADIOACTIVE WORLD AROUND US." Bill's objective was to try
> and bring some
> perspective of radiation into the courses, talk about
> attributes and not
> constant danger. In the course of developing this topic, he
> discovered numerous,
> and in many unusual cases, consumer products which contained
> radioactive
> substances as well as how Hollywood and the comic industry
> treated radiation.
> His personal collection includes Fiesta dinnerware, uranium
> yellow-green
> glassware, an advertising pencil containing uranium and
> suppositories, among
> other things.
>
> CAPT Holcomb joined the Public Health Service Commissioned
> Corps in 1974 and has
> been with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
> the National
> Institutes of Health (NIH). At EPA he was involved with low-level and
> high-level radioactive waste management programs for the
> development of criteria
> and standards for protection of the public health and environment from
> unnecessary exposure to radiation. He has been at the NIH
> since 1990 as the
> Radiation Safety Training Officer where he administers a
> program to educate
> personnel in radiation safety and protection. Prior to his
> USPHS activities he
> worked in the areas of reactor fuel reprocessing, fuel
> fabrication, radioactive
> waste management, and reactor support at the Idaho National
> Engineering and
> Environmental Laboratory. He has a B.S. in chemical
> engineering from New Mexico
> State University and an M.S. in metallurgical engineering
> from the University of
> Idaho and is also a registered Professional Chemical Engineer.
>
> Date: THURSDAY, January 20, 2000
> Time: 6-7 pm ·Social hour with cash bar.
> 7-8 pm ·Dinner: Buffet: Meat Lasagne, Shrimp
> Creole, Tortoloni
> with Olive Oil Parsley, Long-Grain and Wild Rice, Baked
> Potatoes, Green Beans,
> Tabouleh, Tossed Green
> Salad, Assorted
> Dressings with Vegetable Tray, Hot Rolls and Coffee, and your
> choice of Dessert
> such as Parfait, Chocolate
> Mouse, Chocolate
> Sundae, Ice Cream, Fruit Pie, and Cream Pie
> 8-9-ish ·Presentation: CAPT Holcomb
>
> Cost: $18.75 per person.
> Location: USUHS Dinner Hall
> Reservations: Please email dcase@nih.gov, or call
> 202-518-7158 and leave your
> name, and telephone number if you want a return call.
> Reservation cut-off is at
> 3 pm, Jan.20 at noon.
>
> Directions: From 495, take the Bethesda exit. Go South on Rockville
> Pike/Wisconsin Avenue (355). About a mile down the Pike you
> will see NIH on your
> right, and then Navy Hospital on your left. Take a left onto
> South Wood Rd
> (directly across from the NIH/Medical Center Metro). Bear
> right onto Palmer
> road and drive straight until you can no longer do so (you
> will pass AFRRI on
> left). Take a left and park in the Garage. Exit garage,
> cross the road and
> enter at "Security." Show your ID, and take elevator up one floor.
>
> Please take this opportunity to begin coming to the BWCHPS
> meetings, if you do
> not already do so. The dinners have been very yummy (plenty
> of dessert), the
> attendees are friendly and cerebral, and comprises Health
> Physicists from varied
> backgrounds. Your attendance and socialization may be for
> pure pleasure, for
> pleasure and contact making, for pleasure and advice, or
> maybe someone will buy
> you a drink. Please take advantage of these opportunities to
> mingle and to
> learn. It takes more than $20 a year in dues to be a real
> member of this BWCHPS
> Chapter.
>
> Diane L. Case, Ph.D., CHP
> BWCHPS President-Elect
> Email: dcase@nih.gov
>
>
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