William Freer Bale [SEP] date of death
William Freer Bale
William Freer Bale (1911 – 28 June 1982), biophysicist and educator, held key positions in the Atomic Energy Project at the University of Rochester. Pioneer in the study of radon exposure to miners.
Life and Education.
William Freer Bale, son of R. O. Bale was awarded a scholarship to Cornell University from Odessa, Schuyler County, New York after successfully passing an examination. Bale graduated from Cornell in 1932. In 1936 he completed his Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Rochester.
James Newell Stannard
James Newell Stannard (2 January 1910 – 19 September 2005), radiobiologist, Pharmacologist and Physiologist at the National Institutes of Health.
Atomic Energy Project.
The Atomic Energy Project at the University of Rochester was a graduate teaching program. 
The project had three divisions. William Freer Bale headed the Radiology and Biophysics division that worked largely on radioactive materials—for example, radium, radon, plutonium, and polonium. Stannard was responsible for 2 sections, the Radiation Toxicology section and the Radioautography section