Mary Jane Oestmann, 82, ANS Fellow and member since 1960; received her bachelor's

degree in mathematics and chemistry from Denison University; received her master's degree

and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1948 and 1954, respectively;

after graduation, conducted research involving medical applications of radioisotopes at

nuclear institutes in Norway and Sweden; upon returning to the United States, became a

visiting professor in chemistry at the University of Iowa; later worked as a senior scientist

conducting nuclear research at Battelle Memorial Institute; in 1961, became an associate

chemist for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission at Argonne National Laboratory, where

she conducted research for the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program; taught foreign

scientists at the International Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering under President

Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" program; in 1971, transferred to Washington, D.C., as the

first woman environmental project manager for licensing nuclear power plants; retired in 1987;

died June 17 of pancreatic cancer.