At the age of 96, George died Oct. 8, 2023, in Dublin, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Mass., after high school George joined the Navy in 1944 and became a hospital corpsman pharmacist. He participated in the first two Pacific Ocean atomic bomb tests at Bikini, performing hundreds of laboratory tests before and after each bomb explosion.
In 1950, George graduated with majors in biology and chemistry from the newly created Utica College of Syracuse University, then earned a Ph.D. in biology from Princeton in 1953. He began his teaching career at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, teaching physiology and researching the effects of whole-body radiation using radioactive isotopes. The Rockefeller Foundation sponsored George for 14 months to teach and conduct research in the Departmento de Fisiologia of the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, while advising clinicians in the teaching hospital on the proper use of radioactive isotopes.
In 1964, George left graduate teaching and research and joined the biology department at Heidelberg University. He taught introductory to advanced undergraduate courses in physiology and anatomy, retiring in 1978.
George is survived by his wife of 72 years, Marilyn; daughters Deborah and Suzanne; and six grandchildren.
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