Biography:E. Gail de Planque

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Eileen Gail de Planque
Born1944 (1944)
New Jersey
DiedSeptember 8, 2010(2010-09-08) (aged 65–66)
Other namesEileen Gail de Planque Burke
Alma mater
Known for
  • Expert on environmental radiation measurements
  • First woman to become a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Spouse(s)Frank Burke
Awards
  • Women of Achievement in Energy award [1] (1990)
  • Outstanding Woman Scientist of the Year award [2] (1991)
  • Henry DeWolf Smyth Award for Nuclear Statesmanship (2003)
  • Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
Institutions
  • United States Atomic Energy Commission
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Environmental Measurements Laboratory

Eileen Gail de Planque (also Eileen Gail de Planque Burke, best known as E. Gail de Planque; 1944 – September 8, 2010) was an American nuclear physicist. An expert on environmental radiation measurements, she was the first woman and first health physicist to become a commissioner at the US government's Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).[3] Her technical areas of expertise included environmental radiation, nuclear facility monitoring, personnel dosimetry, radiation shielding, radiation transport, and solid state dosimetry.[4][5]

Career

Born in New Jersey and raised in Maryland,[1] Planque earned her bachelor's degree from Immaculata College (mathematics, 1967), master's degree from the Newark College of Engineering (physics, 1973), and PhD from New York University (environmental health science, 1983).[5][6] From 1967 until 1982, she worked as a physicist for the Atomic Energy Commission.[7] She joined the Environmental Measurements Laboratory, US Department of Energy, as its deputy director in 1982, and was promoted to director five years later. From 1991 to 1995, she was a member of the NRC. In 1997, Planque chaired a planning committee, Celebration of Women in Engineering, which developed conferences that encouraged women to choose careers in engineering and included the development of the website EngineerGirl.[5]

A fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Planque was also a member of the National Academy of Engineering,[8] the Association of Women in Science, and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. In the late 1970s, Planque was a US expert delegate to the international committee for Development of an International Standard on Thermoluminescence Dosimetry.[5]

Planque served as president of the ANS from 1988 to 1989[1] the Health Physics Society, as well as Strategy Matters, Inc. She was Co-Chair of Committee for International Intercomparison of Environmental Dosimeters{{Citation needed|date=February 2024} Consultancy, Ltd.[citation needed] She also served on the boards of No Nuclear Fuels, EnergySolutions, Inc., Landauer, Inc., TXU Corporation, and BHP Billiton.[9]

Personal life

Planque was married to Frank Burke.[10] She lived in New York City,[11] and Potomac, Maryland.[12] She died in 2010.[2]

Awards

  • Women of Achievement in Energy award [1] (1990)
  • Outstanding Woman Scientist of the Year award [2] (1991)
  • Henry DeWolf Smyth Award for Nuclear Statesmanship (2003)
  • Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees (2004)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "E. Gail de Planque". The Star-Ledger. September 26, 2010. http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?pid=145620209. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gail De Planque Obituary". October 8, 2010. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=145850138. 
  3. ↑ Cox, Morgan; Richard Griffith; Hans Julius; Joe McDonald (December 24, 2010). "Obituary". Radiation Protection Dosimetry 142 (1): 3. http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/content/143/1/3.extract. Retrieved April 23, 2014. 
  4. ↑ "About NRC: Our Organization: The Commission: Former Commissioners: Dr. E. Gail de Planque". United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/former-commissioners/gail.html. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Wayne, Tiffany K. (2011). American Women of Science Since 1900: Essays A-H. Vol.1. ABC-CLIO. pp. 341–. ISBN 978-1-59884-158-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=gPGZJ_YuMwgC&pg=PA341. 
  6. ↑ "In Memoriam: E. Gail de Planque". Health Physics Society. http://hps.org/aboutthesociety/people/inmemoriam/EGaildePlanque.html. 
  7. ↑ Lubenau, CHP, Joel O.. "In Memoriam: E. Gail de Planque". Health Physics Society. http://hps.org/aboutthesociety/people/inmemoriam/EGaildePlanque.html. 
  8. ↑ "E. Planque". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/profile/e-planque/. 
  9. ↑ "E. Gail de Planque, Ph.D., MSA SC 3520-17118". https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/017100/017118/html/17118bio.html. 
  10. ↑ "Dr. E. Gail de Planque". The Hartford Courant on. September 26, 2010. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=e-gail-de-planque&pid=145671146. 
  11. ↑ United States. National Bureau of Standards (1976). Measurements for the safe use of radiation: proceedings of an NBS 75th anniversary symposium held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, March 1–4, 1976. NBS : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office. p. 436. https://books.google.com/books?id=x4SdAxvD1uYC&pg=PA436. 
  12. ↑ Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications; Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems; Board on Physics and Astronomy; National Materials Advisory Board; National Research Council (May 23, 2000). The Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve. National Academies Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-309-07038-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=UQudAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR9. 

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