The American Radiation Research Society (RRS) is an international

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for scientists working to investigate the radiation effects from chemistry, physics, and biology perspectives and disseminates knowledge and information related to radiation research. The society was founded in 1952 with Raymond E. Zirkle as its inaugural president. The society publishes the journal Radiation Research since 1954.

Presidents of the Radiation Research Society

A list of the presidents of the society from its foundation to the present. * 1952 - Raymond E. Zirkle * 1953 -

Gioacchino Failla Gioacchino Failla (19 July 1891 – 15 December 1961) was an Italian-born American physicist. A pioneer in both biophysics and radiobiology, he was particularly noted for his work on the role of radiation as a cause of cancer and genetic mutat ...

* 1954 -

Alexander Hollaender Alexander Hollaender (9 December 1898 – 6 December 1986) was one of the world's leading researchers in radiation biology and in genetic mutations. In 1983 he was given the Enrico Fermi Award by the United States Department of Energy for his cont ...

* 1955 -

Austin M. Brues Austin Moore Brues (April 25, 1906 – February 27, 1991) was an American pioneer of radiation biology. Biography Austin Moore Brues was born April 25, 1906, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was educated at the Roxbury Latin School in Boston, Mass ...

* 1956 -

Henry S. Kaplan Henry Seymour Kaplan (April 24, 1918 – February 4, 1984) was an American radiologist who pioneered in radiation therapy and radiobiology. Career Kaplan earned his degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, after which he trained at the Un ...

* 1957 - Howard J. Curtis * 1958 -

Milton Burton Milton Burton (March 4, 1902 – November 10, 1985) was an American chemist, a pioneer in the field of radiation chemistry and radiobiology. He founded the Radiation Laboratory at University of Notre Dame in 1949 and served as its director from 19 ...

* 1959 -

Ernest C. Pollard Ernest Charles "Ernie" Pollard (April 16, 1906 – February 24, 1997) was a British professor of physics and biophysics and an author, who worked on the development of radar systems in World War II, worked on the physics of living cells, and wrote ...

* 1960 -

Harvey M. Patt Harvey Milton Patt (August 2, 1918 – November 4, 1982) was an American physiologist, radiation biologist, and cell biologist, who made "important scientific contributions in cell cycle kinetics and tissue repopulation." Education and career Pat ...

* 1961 - Hymer L. Friedell * 1962 - Cornelius A. Tobias * 1963 - Augustine O. Allen * 1964 - Edward Lawrence Powers Jr. * 1965 -

Arthur C. Upton Arthur Canfield Upton (February 27, 1923 — February 14, 2015) was an American pathologist and Radiobiology, radiation biologist. He was former director of the National Cancer Institute and known for his research in radiation biology of cancer. ...

* 1966 - Robley D. Evans * 1967 - John L. Magee * 1968 - Arnold Hicks Sparrow * 1969 - Charles L. Dunham * 1970 - John S. Laughlin * 1971 - Nathaniel F. Barr * 1972 - Alan Douglas Conger * 1973 - Victor P. Bond * 1974 - Harald H. Rossi * 1975 - Robert H. Schuler * 1976 - Robert F. Kallman * 1977 - Theodore L. Phillips * 1978 - Warren K. Sinclair * 1979 - William C. Dewey * 1980 - Oddvar F. Nygaard * 1981 - Mortimer M. Elkind * 1982 - H. Rodney Withers * 1983 - Edward R. Epp * 1984 - Eric J. Hall * 1985 - John F. Ward * 1986 - John B. Little * 1987 - Herman D. Suit * 1988 - George M. Hahn * 1989 - Joel S. Bedford * 1990 - John D. Zimbrick * 1991 - Susan S. Wallace * 1992 - James A. Belli * 1993 - Gordon F. Whitmore * 1994 - Helen H. Evans * 1995 - Gerald E. Adams * 1996 - J. Martin Brown * 1997 - C. Norman Coleman * 1998 - William A. Bernhard * 1999 - Elizabeth L. Travis * 2000 - John L. Redpath * 2001 - James B. Mitchell * 2002 - W. Gillies McKenna * 2003 - George Iliakis * 2004 - Robert L. Ullrich * 2005 - Michael D. Sevilla * 2006 - William H. McBride * 2007 - Mark W. Dewhirst * 2008 - Peter M. Corry * 2009 - Kathryn D. Held * 2010 - Peter O'Neill * 2011 - Jacqueline P. Williams * 2012 - Tom K. Hei * 2013 - Francis A. Cucinotta * 2014 - Gayle E. Woloschak * 2015 - Martin Hauer-Jensen * 2016 - Charles Limoli * 2017 - Kevin Prise * 2018 -

David Kirsch David Guy Kirsch is an American oncologist currently the Barbara Levine University Professor at Duke University and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Education He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. at Johns Hopki ...

* 2019 - Susan Bailey * 2020 - George Don Jones * 2021 - Sally A. Amundson * 2022 - Julie K. Schwarz * 2023 - Jan P. Schuemann

References

{{reflist Scientific organizations established in 1952 Learned societies of the United States Organizations based in Montana

Presidents of the Radiation Research Society

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