Mortimer B. Heller

["Vickers, Shirley" <SVickers@cmcny.com>]

Colleagues:

	I am greatly saddened to report the death on January 4 of Mortimer
B. Heller, Ph.D., CHP, DABMP, at age 69.  Having retired from the practice
of medical and health physics in New York, he had moved with his wife Gayle
to the Seattle area about a year and a half ago.

	Mort was a Charter Member and Fellow of the Health Physics Society,
a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, and a Fellow
of the American Public Health Association.  He had served as president of
the local chapters of both the HPS and the AAPM, and had chaired the New
York State Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee between 1988 and 1992.  In
addition to his scientific pursuits, Mort was a passionate devotee of
sailing; and when ill health recently limited his activity, his "new boat"
was an exquisite Japanese garden which he designed and saw executed.

	Longtime members of the HPS and the AAPM will fondly remember Mort
as the string bass player in the singing group known facetiously as "The
Mutants" (of which I was one).  During the late '60s and early '70s,
attendees at local and national meetings heard our humorous views of the
professional, scientific, and legal issues facing health and medical
physicists.  Mort's five children, now grown, can still sing with remarkable
accuracy their favorite "Mutants" songs, learned during the interminable
rehearsals in their home.  At least one recalls her ambition to grow up to
be a "Mutant" herself.

	Mort will be greatly missed by his friends and colleagues, who
extend to his family their deepest sympathy.  His wife, Gayle Heller, may be
reached at 17034 Viking Way, Poulsbo, Washington 98370.  Donations in his
memory may be sent to "Gift of Life" (a project of Rotary International),
505 Northern Boulevard, Suite 102, Great Neck, NY 11021.  This organization
helps children around the world who need open-heart surgery.

	Shirley Vickers

Shirley D. Vickers
Chief, Medical Physics; Radiation Safety Officer
Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens
95-25 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, NY 11374-4523
Voice: (718) 830-2756
Fax: (718) 830-2763
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