Dade Moeller
Dade William Moeller | |
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Harvard School of Public Health | |
Thesis | Radionuclides in Reactor Cooling Water-Identification, Source and Control (1957) |
Dade Moeller (February 27, 1927 – September 26, 2011) was an internationally known expert in
radiation safety
and environmental protection.
Life
Dade William Moeller,
Military service and education
He passed the
U.S. Public Health Service, with assignments that included Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Headquarters office in Washington, D.C.[1][3]
In 1957 with sponsorship from the
Cincinnati, Ohio
.
In 1959, Moeller joined the environmental engineer
.
In 1961, he became the officer in charge at the Northeastern Radiological Health Laboratory in radioactive iodine
.
In 1966 Moeller retired from the U.S. Public Health Service.[1][3]
Harvard School of Public Health
Moeller held tenure for 26 years and served as:
- Professor of Engineering in Environmental Health
- Associate Director of the Kresge Center for Environmental Health
- Associate Director of the Harvard-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center for Environmental Health
- Chairman of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences
- Associate Dean for Continuing Education
- Taught in the Center for Continuing Professional Education
Memberships
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- American Nuclear Society
- American Public Health Association
- Health Physics Society
Awards and honors
- Health Physics Society, Fellow, 1968
- National Academy of Engineering, Fellow, 1978
- American Public Health Association, Fellow, 1988
- American Nuclear Society, Fellow, 1988
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Meritorious Achievement Award, 1988
- National Council on Radiological Protection and Measurements, Distinguished Emeritus Member, 1997
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Engineering Hall of Fame, 1999
- NC State University, Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, 2001[5]
- Health Physics Society, Robley D. Evans Commemorative Medal, 2003
- William McAdams Outstanding Service Award, American Academy of Health Physics, 2005
- Professor Emeritus Award of Merit, Harvard University School of Public Health, 2006
Patents
- Method and apparatus for reduction of radon decay product exposure.[6]
- Radon decay product removal unit as adapted for use with a lamp.[7]
Select publications
Thesis
- Radionuclides in Reactor Cooling Water-Identification, Source and Control. (1957).[4]
References
- ^ a b c Maher, Edward F. (2011). In Memoriam: Dade W. Moeller, CHP. 1927-2011. Health Physics Society. http://hps.org/aboutthesociety/people/inmemoriam/DadeMoeller.html.
- ^ Editor. (October 2, 2011). Dade William Moeller. Sun Journal. New Bern, North Carolina.
- ^ a b Maher, Edward F. (November 2011). Dade W. Moeller, CHP. 1927-2011. Health Physics News. XXXIX(11): 8-9.
- ^ a b Moeller, Dade William. (1957). Radionuclides in Reactor Cooling Water-Identification, Source and Control. Thesis (Ph.D.). Nuclear Engineering. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, N.C. xi, 161 p. tables, illus. 29 cm. http://catalog.lib.ncsu.edu/record/NCSU506917
- ^ "Moeller Profile". Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ Maher, Edward F., Moeller, Dade W., and Rudnick, Stephen N. (June 24, 1986). U.S. Patent No. 4,596,585. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- ^ Moeller, Dade W., and Rudnick, Stephen N. (August 31, 1993). U.S. Patent No. 5,241,449. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.