Art Fairhall
Arthur William Fairhall
02 Mar 1925 - 01 Sep 1988
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Arthur W. FAIRHALL
63, died on Sept. 1. He was born and reared in Ontario, Canada. He graduated from Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. and after completing graduate studies and post doctoral work at M.I.T. in 1953, he began his long career of research and teaching chemistry at the University of Washington, from which he retired in 1987. He was also an accomplished sailor and choral singer. Surviving are his three sons, William Henry and Arthur Jefferson. of Seattle, and Thomas Andrew, of oak Park, Ill. and his brother, Charles, of Ottawa. memorial service at 4 p.m. Saturday at the First Congregational Church, 752 108th Ave. N.E., Bellevue. [2]
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Victorian Sivertz and Arthur Fairhall touched the lives of many people as chemistry professors and their recent deaths greatly diminish the vitality of the Department, which tries to maintain strong ties to its emeritus faculty.
Fairhall was also born in Canada. After finishing his B.Sc. in 1946 from Queen's University in Ontario, he went on to study nuclear chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he completed his doctoral work in 1952.
Two years later, Fairhall came to the UW as an assistant professor. He chaired the Department's budget and building committees for many years and was named acting chairman for three years in 1975. His research interests included nuclear fission phenomena (particularly in elements lighter than thorium), natural radiocarbon measurement and dating, bomb radiation in the atmosphere and the oceans, the natural carbon cycle, and petroleum versus biogenic hydrocarbons in the marine environment.
But Fairhall didn't just study the sea. He was an avid sailor and often took his boat cruising up to Alaska through the San Juan Islands and Strait of Juan de Fuca. His former wife of 30 years, Edith, also recalls that Fairhall was an accomplished musician. He sang in a local chorus and enjoyed playing and listening to the organ.
Fairhall is also survived by three sons. He died in September 1988.[3]
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Queen's University (Kingston, ON) yearbook, 1946
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