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FILE NAME: Dow Chemical (DOW) DATE: 1988 DOC#: DOW016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Obituary of Don Irish FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED TOXICOLOGY 11, 185- 186( 1988) IN MEMORIAM Downloaded from http. 'toxhCi.oxJordiuuinals.oii! at University oflennessee '5Knoxville Libraries on September 1c 201 j Don D. Irish (1905-1987) hyDgioenneDaenLdatnocxeicIorlioshg,y,Pdhi.eDd.,inanMiindtlearnnda,tiMoniaclhlyigarenc,oNgonvizeemdbaeurth2o3r,it1y98o7n, aintdtuhsetraigael osefa8r2c.hDLra.bIorirsahtohraydobfeTehnereDseoawrcChhaenmdicdaelveCloompmpaennyt dfirroemcto1r9o3f3thtoe 1B9i6o5c.heDmoincawl aRsea charter (26-year) member ofthe Society ofToxicology, a Distinguished Fellow of the SoDcire.tyIr,iashndwtahseb1o9r7n0Jarencuiaprieyn1t7o,f1th9e05M, ienriTt uArwnearr,d.Maine. He attended Leavitt Insti tlouwteSinprTinugrsn,eOrhainod, inrec1e9i2v9e.dIna b19a3c1hehleormoafrsrcieiedntcheedfeogrmreeerfLroomuisAenCtiloacrkh,Cwohlolesguer,vYiveels hfriomm, athned Utongievtehresrittyheoyf rCaiinsecdintnwaoticihnild1r9e3n2., Hanedreacfeteivregdraadduoactitoonratweoirnkebdiofcohreambisrtireyf 185 0272-0590/88 $ 3.00 CopyrightC 198S by the Society ofToxicology. AOrights ofreproduction in *ny form reserved. 186 IN MEMORIAM: DON D. IRISH Downloaded from http- 'to vsei.o-tfordiouinals om' at University of Tennessee '' Knoxville Libraries on September 17. 2013 jpoeirnieodd DfoorwthienW19il3l3iaamndS.gMrewerrwililthCtohmepcaonmyp, aanmy afonru3fa7cytuearersr,orfetpirhianrgmiance1u9t7i0c.als. He waDsothnewoanslyabpioiocnheeemr iisnt iennvthireocnommepnatnaly.hHeaeltlhi.keWdhtoentehllethceamsteortyo tDhaotwthien p1r9e3si3d,ehnet owfoDrko,wthethporuegsihdtenhet tnoeldedheidmatob"ioficnhdemsoimst,etshoinhgethoidreod."DDoonn; qthueicnkwlyhfeonunhde tchaemneeetod for toxicological information and "became" a toxicologist. He subsequently sur rounded himselfwith dedicated people and created the foundation ofan internation aollldy Hreocyolgen),izienddluasbtroiraaltotoryxiwcoiltohglyea(dVe.rsKi.n. iRnodwuset)r,iaalnhdygmieicnreo(bEiodlgoagryA(dEadmwsinanDduHnna)r. DoAnRweansa"isinsacnhcaergMe"anf,roDmon19p3ro3vtiode1d96a5b.road vision when vision was needed. Under his tutelage industrial toxicology and industrial hygiene at Dow were nurtured in tehxepierreieanrlcye,yaenards.wHasisseoruvtilnogoka twecahsnidoeloagllyygsruoiwteidngtoataasnciuenncheeatrhdatohfaradtel.itOtlethheirsstomryigohrt phraovaechchtooseennvtiorosnpmeceinaltiazleh, ebaultthDloonngrbeeafloizreeditthbeecnaemeed pfoopr uthlaer ianntderdheislcpiepdliensatrayblaisph a long standing cooperative effort at Dow between the safety, industrial hygiene, toxi cboultogefyf.eacntidvemceodmicmaludneipcaarttimonenatnsd. Mmountuthallyclouonpcehreaotinonmteheatitnrgesmseatinastoanme foosrtienfffoercmtivael wexacyhatongpirnogtedcattaem, mpleothyoeedsh,eaanltdheaxnpdertiheenceenivniraonnmopeennt.mTahninsecrotoopiemraptirvoeveapthperokancohwolf aetdigoensa,nadnpdratcoticloecoalf,thsteastee,inadnedpennadtieonntaslcgieonvceersnemxteenntds.edHteowunasivaerfsrietiqeus,entrtaaduetahsosor coif tsicoinen. tDifiocnppapreefresrraendd ibnofookrms,aalncdomenmcouunriacgaetidohnisanpdeearsbhtoorpruebdlitshhealnegdaslihsatirceaipnpforormacah to Dscoiennwceaws ahi5ch0-hyaesarbemceommbeeardoofmthienaAnmt pearirctaonfeInndvuirsotrnimaleHntyagliehneealAths.sociation and was the 1966 recipient of the Donald E. Cummings Award for outstanding contribu toifotnhsetAo mtheerikcnaonwClehdegmeiacnaldSporcaicettiyc.eDoofninwduasstaricahlahrytegriemnee.mHbeerwoafstahe54S-OyTeaerdmuecmatiboenr cHoemwmasittaelseoaandmaemstrboenrgofptrhoepoAnmenetriocafncoSoopceieratytioonf Pbheatwrmeeancoalcoagdyeamnida Eanxdpeirnidmuesntrtyal. TDhoenr'aspberuotaicdsinatnedresthtsealFseodkeerpattihoinmoafctAivmeeirnicaannuSmobceiertoiefsloocfalEoxrpgearnimizaetnitoanls,Biinoclolugdy. ing the Memorial Presbyterian Church, the Midland Nature Gub, the Chippewa Na turTehCoesneteorf,uasndwthhoewWeirledlliufcekRyeecnoovuergyhAtossohcaivaetiowno.rked closely with Don recognize him as an outstanding friend and leader. He will be missed by his many friends and colleagues. T31h5eoBdirochreStRre.eTt orkelson Roscommon, Michigan 48653 FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED TOXICOLOGY 11, 185-186(1988) IN MEMORIAM Downloaded from http tuvn'i ovk>id|uuinals.ore at University ol Tennessee '' Knoxville Libraries on September 17. 201 j Don D, Irish (1905-1987) hyDgioenneDaenLdatnocxeicIorlioshg,y,Pdhi.eDd.,inanMiindtlearnnda,tiMoniaclhliygarenc,oNgonvizeemdbaeurth2o3r,it1y98o7n, aintdtuhsetraigael osefa8r2c.hDLra.bIorirsahtohraydobfeTehnereDseoawrcChhaenmdidcaelveCloompmpaennyt dfirroemcto1r9o3f3thtoe B19i6o5c.heDmoincawl aRsea charter (26-year) member ofthe Society ofToxicology, a Distinguished Fellow of the SoDcire.tyIr,iashndwtahseb1o9rn70Jarencuiaprieyn1t7o,f1th9e05M, ienriTt uArwnearr,d.Maine. He attended Leavitt Insti tlouwteSinprTinugrsn,eOrhainod, inrec1e9i2v9e.dIna b19a3c1hehleormoafrsrcieiedntcheedfeogrmreeerfLroomuisAenCtiloacrkh,Cwohlolesguer,vYiveels fhriomm, athned Utongievtehresrittyheoyf rCaiinsecdintnwaoticihnild19re3n2., Hanedreacfeteivregdraadduoactitoonrawteoirnkebdiofcohreambisrtireyf 185 0272-0590/88 $ 3.00 Copyright 1988 by tbc Society ofToxicotofy. AU rights ofreproduction in any form reserved 186 IN MEMORIAM: DON D. IRISH Downloaded from hup tuxsC! oxloidiuurnal.s.ori',' at University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries on Sepiember 17. 2013 period for the William S. Merrill Company, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. He joiDneodnDwoaws ainp1io9n3e3earnidn gernevwirwonitmh ethnetaclohmeaplatnh.yWfohre3n7 yheeacrsa,mreetitroinDgoinw 1in9701.933, he wofasDtohwe othnloyugbihotchheemneisetdiendthaebcioomchpeamniys.t,HseolhikeedhitroedteDll othne; sthtoerny wthhaetnthheepcreasmideetnot wfoorrkto,xthiceolporgeisciadlenint ftoolrdmhaitmiontoa"nfdind"bseocmaemthei"ngattooxdioc.o"loDgoisnt.quHieckslyubfsoeuqnudenthtleynseuerd raolluynrdeecdoghniimzesdellfawboitrhadtoerdyicwaittehdlpeeaodperles ainndincdruesattreidalthhyegfioeunned(aEtdiognaroAfadnaminstearnndatHioanr old Hoyle), industrial toxicology (V. K. Rowe), and microbiology (Edwin Dunn). DoAnRweansa"isinsacnhcaergMe"anf,roDmon1p93ro3vtiode1d96a5b.road vision when vision was needed. Under his tutelage industrial toxicology and industrial hygiene at Dow were nurtured in their early years. His outlook was ideally suited to a science that had little history or ehxapveericehnocsee,nantod wspaescsiearlivzien,gbauttecDhnoonlorgeaylgizreodwtinhge anteaendufnohretahred ionftreartdei.sOcitphleinrsarmyigapht parlooancghsttaonedninvgircoonompeenratatilvheeeaflftohrtlaotngDobwefobreetwitebeenctahmeesapfeotpyu, lianrdaunstdrihalelhpyegdieenseta,btolixsih cboultogefyf,eacntivdemceodmicmaludneipcaarttimonenatnsd. Mmountuthallyclouonpcehreaotinonmteheatitnrgesmseatinastoanme foosrtienfffoercmtivael wexacyhatongpirnogtedcattaem, mpleothyoeedsh,eaanltdheaxnpdertiheenceenivniraonnompeennt.mTahninsecrotoopiemraptirvoeveapthperokancohwolf edge and practice ofthese independent sciences extended to universities, trade associ asctiioennsti,fiacnpdaptoerlsoacnald, bstoaotek,s,ananddneanticoonuarlaggeodvehrinsmpeeenrtss.toHpeuwblaissha afnredqsuheanrteaiuntfhoormr oaf tion. Eton preferred informal communication and abhorred the legalistic approach to Dscoiennwceaswahi5ch0-hyaesarbemceommbeeardoofmthienaAnmt pearirctaonfeInndvuirsotrnimaleHntyagliheneealAths.sociation and was the 1966 recipient ofthe Donald E. Cummings Award for outstanding contribu toiof tnhsetAo mtheerikcnaonwClehdegmeiacnaldSporcaicettiyc.eDoofninwduasstaricahlahrytegriemnee.mHbeerwoafstahe54S-OyTeaerdmuecmatiboenr committee and a strong proponent of cooperation between academia and industry. HTheewraapseaultsiocsa amnedmtbheerFoefdthereaAtiomneroicfaAnmSeorciiceatny oSfoPciheatriemsaocoflEogxypearnimdeEnxtaplerBimioelongtayl. Dingonth'sebMroeamdoinritaelrePsrtessablysotekrieapnt Chihmuracchti,vteheinMaindulamndbeNraotfulroecaCllourbg,atnhiezCathioipnps,ewinaclNuda turTehCoesenteorf,uasndwthhoewWeirledlliufcekRyeceonvouergyhAtossohcaivaetiowno.rked closely with Don recognize him as an outstanding friend and leader. He will be missed by his many friends and colleagues. T31h5eoBdirochreStRre.eTt orkelson Roscommon, Michigan 48653