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Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Obits From The Knoxviulle News Sentinel 25 Nov 2003
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:55:17 EST
>From the Knoxville News Sentinel 25 Nov 2003
GALL, WILLIAM ROLFE age 90, of Oak Ridge passed away on Sunday, November 23,
at his home. He was born in Portland, Oregon, on May 20, 1913, to Charles Love
Gall and Myra Rolfe Gall, and grew up in Rogersville, Tennessee. Through his
life, Bill has enjoyed building an 18-foot cabin cruiser and boating on Norris
Lake; making red wood lawn furniture; putting together a wooden clock;
golfing; and growing roses. Mr. Gall attended the University of Tennessee in
Knoxville, participating in the Cooperative Program of Work and School, and received
his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1936. After graduation he worked
for Tennessee Eastman Corp. in Kingsport, Tennessee as an engineer in the
Instrument Department. In August, 1937 he received an appointment as a Laboratory
Assistant in Mechanical Engineering and graduate student at Yale University.
After studying two years toward a Masters of Engineering degree at Yale, in
1939 he went to the Ethyl Corporation Research Laboratory in Detroit, Michigan,
as engineer in training. From March 1940 to August 1941 he was a Laboratory
Assistant in Applied Physiology in the Kettering Laboratory at the University of
Cincinnati where he developed instruments for detecting and measuring
particulate and gaseous concentrations of pollutants in air. From fall 1941 to fall
1944 he was Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of
Louisville in Kentucky teaching courses for civilian engineering students, Navy
V-12 engineers and various courses for personnel in defense industries in the
Louisville area such as production inspectors, aircraft engine operation.
>From 1944 to 1947 Mr. Gall served as Senior Design Engineer in the Process
Improvement Division in the Y-12 plant under Tennessee Eastman Clinton Engineers in
Oak Ridge. During this time he also worked on completing his Masters Degree,
and in 1947 he earned his Masters of Mechanical Engineering from Yale
University. From 1947 to 1978 he worked in Reactor Design at O.R.N.L. In 1952 he
graduated from the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology. From 1964 to 1978 he was
Engineering Consultant to Director, Engineering Division. Mr. Gall retired
from Union Carbide Nuclear Division in May 1978. From 1979 to 1988 he was to ASME
- Nuclear QA Surveys; The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee
on Reactor Safeguards; Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.; TVA Nuclear
Engineering Division through various contractors. He was a member of ASTM; NSPE;
TSPE; PHI KAPPA PHI; and TAU BETA PI. His various honors and awards include ASME
J. Hall Taylor Medal, 1972; TSPE Outstanding Engineer Award for Oak Ridge,
1973; ASME Fellow, 1966: Life Fellow, 1978; Who's Who in Engineering, 1978. Bill
was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge. He and his wife,
Edith, were married on Dec. 12, 1969. He is survived by his wife, Edith; a son:
Bob; two daughters; Mary Gall Norris and husband, John, of Oak Ridge; and Vicky
Rolfe of Kingston. He is also survived by a step-son, Boyd Jones of Atlanta;
and a step-grandson, Brad Jones of Atlanta. He is also survived by three
grandchildren; Daniel Gall of Philadelphia, PA, Wake Norris of Columbus, OH, and
Amber Norris of Oak Ridge, TN. He was preceded in death by his parents and two
sisters, Jean Nash of Detroit, MI, and Marion Pietarinen of Darlington, SC.
Family will receive friends at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26, at the First
Presbyterian Church. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the church
with graveside services immediately following at Oak Ridge Memorial Park on
Bethel Valley Rd. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the pipe
organ renovation fund at First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 6106, Oak Ridge,
TN 37831-6106. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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