Re: Floyd Galpin

["Phil V. Egidi" <7pe@ornl.gov>]

I too was saddened to hear about the loss of Floyd Galpin.  He was a mentor 
to me on the HPS NORM working group.  His experience and common sense will 
be missed, as well as his sense of humor.

Phil Egidi
ORNL/GJ
7pe@ornl.gov


At 06:31 AM 12/9/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Colleagues:
>
>I was saddened to learn yesterday evening that Floyd Galpin, an active and
>interested member of the Baltimore-Washington Chapter, passed away.  His
>insightful contributions to the HPS Newsletter and RADSAFE, his interest and
>dedication to his field, and his kind and winning ways will be sorely missed
>by not only the BWC-HPS membership, but by the health physics community at
>large.
>
>Carol D. Berger
>Integrated Environmental Management, Inc.
>(301) 762-0502
>CDBerger@IEM-Inc.com
>--------------------------------------
>Engineer Floyd Galpin, 64, Dies; Authority on Radioactive Waste
>
>Washington Post - Wednesday, December 8, 1999; Page B06
>
>Floyd Lee Galpin, 64, a retired senior engineer and Public Health Service
>captain who was an expert at theEnvironmental Protection Agency on the
>disposal of radioactive waste, died of cancer Dec. 5 at his Derwoodhome.
>
>Mr. Galpin, who retired in 1993, directed EPA's national program for
>radiation monitoring and assessment and issued the first EPA reports on the
>radioactive state of the environment.
>
>He was born in Iowa and raised in Brainerd, Minn. He  was a graduate of the
>University of Oklahoma, where he also received a master's degree in civil
>engineering. He did graduate work in public health at the University of
>Michigan.
>
>He served as a chemical corps officer in the Army.
>
>Mr. Galpin began his career with the Oklahoma health department and joined
>the Public Health Service in 1963. He was assigned to the National Center for
>Radiological Health, in what was then the Department of Health, Education and
>Welfare.
>
>He switched to EPA when it was created in 1970. After he retired, he managed
>the Washington office of Rodgers and Associates Engineering Corp.
>
>His honors included the Outstanding Service and Commendation medals of the
>PHS.
>
>Mr. Galpin was a director of the regional chapter of the Health Physics
>Society and a member of the American Nuclear Society, the American Conference
>of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and the Commissioned Officers
>Association of the PHS.
>
>His marriage to Daryl Galpin ended in divorce.
>
>Survivors include his wife of 22 years, Patricia T. Galpin of Derwood; two
>daughters from his first marriage, Mona Galpin of Rockville and Brenda L.
>Fookes of Silver Spring; two stepchildren, Pam Rubin ofPoolesville and Daniel
>Herbert of New Market, Md.; and a grandson.
>
>A son from his first marriage, Steven J. Galpin, died in 1989.
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