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In Memoriam1942 Philip Davenport Doersam, an
electrical engineer, died October
25, 2007 in Tucson,AZ, in his 91st
year. His brother, Charles Doersam ’42, ’44, writes of Philip,“He
pioneered the development of
RADAR and electronic countermeasures,
(“ECM”) at M.I.T.'s Radiation
and Laboratory and Harvard's
Radio Research Laboratories
and British Surrey Laboratories. He
was involved in the operational development
and testing of classified “His career was in research and development of electronics, primarily for the military, including putting Glen L. Martin in the business and positions of increasing responsibility with RAND,McDonnell Douglas, Radioplane, and Hughes Electronics. He had a flight with Howard in his Constellation, with Phil in the co-pilot seat and nobody else onboard. All gas gauges on empty, but Howard passed by Palmdale in favor of Hughes Corp. strip because gas cost less there. Phil's prior flying skills were limited to a private license in a piper Cub! “His last rung on the corporate ladder was at Lockheed, where he was a program manager for early space projects including the first manned medical space laboratory. His description of the Corporate Friday afternoon ‘wire brushing’ sessions that spoiled his weekends gives an interesting insight into corporate politicking! “Phil got his armature radio (‘Ham’) license at age eleven. His contributions to armature radio set the stage for his most recent creation. He started an FM radio station in Reno,NV. It zoomed to number one in just three months; Phil had fun taking over the DJ duties on Saturdays. “Phil was married three times. His first wife died in twenty minutes of a brain embolism, leaving him with a step-daughter, Judy, a successful flight attendant.Wife number two was divorced leaving Phil with a son, Phil, in Ohio. His last wife, Penny, passed away, leaving a stepdaughter Corinne in California. Phil was one bold individual, including hot air ballooning in his late eighties!” Charles, who also survives Phil, lives in Old Lyme, CT. 1948Moses M. Malkin died on December 11, 2007.A veteran of WWII, Mr. Malkin was a mechanical engineer and pension actuary. He was founder and former president of Professional Pensions (PPI) of New Haven. Dedicated to civic causes,Mr. Malkin delivered custom solutions for an underserved nonprofit sector. Under his leadership, PPI built specialized employee benefit programs in conjunction with the Association of Community Service Agencies (ACSA).With significant response for these innovative programs in the nonprofit community, the company provided original solutions for the for-profit, corporate market through the Boston Insurance Employee Benefit Trust (BIEBT). By applying extensive experience in the development of leading edge technology and service platforms, PPI became the recognized leader in benefits delivery, helping employers offload significant costs and establish high quality benefits programs. Mr. Malkin is survived by his beloved wife,Hannah. Herbert Tyson died of a brain hemorrhage on November 12, 2006. His son, Craig Tyson ’86, writes:“My father retired in 1992. He had been a professor and chairman of an Engineering Technologies department at Bronx Community College of City University of New York. My father liked writing and photography. He co-wrote an engineering textbook, Statics and Introduction to Strength of Materials. He was very artistic and made some beautiful paintings. He was a member of a Long Island Jaguar car owners' club, and also taught a defensive driving class to senior citizens.” 1979 
Elizabeth C. Selcow-Stein ’79, ’81,’83,’84 died September 19, 2007 in Los Alamos, NM, after a long illness. Dr. Selcow received her bachelor,master of science, master of philosophy, and doctor of philosophy degrees in nuclear engineering from Columbia SEAS. While at SEAS, her advisors were Dean Robert Gross and Professor Leon Lidofsky. Dr. Selcow began her career as an engineer with the Grumman Corporation, where she was responsible for nuclear analysis for space propulsion, plasma physics and fusion compact ignition Tokamak designs In 1989, she joined Brookhaven National Laboratory, where she performed Monte Carlo analyses for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), space propulsion systems and spallation target testing for the BNL synchrotron. She served as a visiting research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working on BNCT treatment planning. In 1998, she joined Westinghouse Savannah River Co., where she collaborated with Los Alamos National Laboratory as part of the Accelerator Production of Tritium spallation physics design team. In 1999, she joined Los Alamos National Laboratory to work with Monte Carlo code development team, providing user support, teaching MCNP classes at LANL, and international training conferences with NEA OECD. She also worked with the LANL Shavano Project, part of the Advanced Scientific Computing Initiative (ASCI) program, intended to address the need for high-fidelity weapons computer codes in the absence of nuclear testing. She was the author of numerous published technical reports, journal articles, and conference papers on MCNP transport methods for weapons testing simulations, neutron and particle transport, medical physics and BNCT applications. In MemoriamVincent J. Richlan ’34 Family members may e-mail seasnews@columbia.edu with information for this section. Biographical information is welcome, as are digital photos of 300 dpi or greater. Text may be edited for length.
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