Re: Tom Martin Passes Away

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Regards,
Vince Chase
Editor, NECHPS Newsletter
772ear@Delphi.com

Tom Martin Passes Away

The NECHPS has learned of the untimely death of Thomas G. Martin,  
age 66,  on December 4, 1996.  Tom was one of the founders of the 
chapter.  He graduated from Northeastern University and started his 
career at Deaconess Hospital with Russ Cowing.  From there,  Tom 
moved on to work for NASA at the Sanduskie, OH facility.

Tom came back to New England and MIT where he was Assistant 
Radiation Protection Officer.  He later worked for the U.S. Army for 
more than 30 years in health protection, accelerators and food 
irradiation.  Tom produced many of the Army accelerator radiation 
protection manuals and worked on measuring accelerator induced 
activity. He brought his years of accelerator health physics expertise 
back to academia by serving as an adjunct professor at the University of 
Massachusetts-Lowell.  His many students remember his excellent 
teaching and Irish wit.

An avid artist,  Tom made many trips to Ireland where he loved to put 
the countryside on canvas.  A book of his paintings has been published.  
Recently,  Tom's hobby was to accept commissions to paint Irish 
ancestral homes as they looked a century ago.  Several members have 
Tom's work hanging in their homes.

We in the health physics community will miss Tom.  We express our deepest sympathies to his 
wife Beverly and daughter Dorothy.