Background
Pall, David B. was born on April 2, 1914 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. Son of Adolph and Mary (Donner) Pall. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1942.
chemist manufacturing company executive
Pall, David B. was born on April 2, 1914 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. Son of Adolph and Mary (Donner) Pall. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1942.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, McGill University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, McGill University, 1939. D.S. (honorary), McGill University, 1987.
Postgraduate, Brown University, 1937. Doctor of Science (honorary), Long Island University, 1985.
He moved to New York in 1938 and became a part of the Manhattan Project. Pall worked on the design a filter to separate uranium 235 from uranium 238 using sintered stainless steel mesh. In 1946, he established Pall Corporation.
The company"s initial focus was on the development of filters for use in aircraft hydraulics.
However, in 1959, when Doctor Pall"s first wife, Josephine, died of aplastic anemia, he began to work on the Pall filter. Mistress Pall had undergone multiple blood transfusions in the course of an illness, which were ultimately unsuccessful.
His Pall filter was designed to make blood transfusions significantly safer by filtering out white blood cells, thereby reducing the incidence of transfusion reactions and viral infections. Pall expanded the business, adding additional products.
Today, Pall Corporation has sales in excess of $2.0 Billion.
Pall died of complications of Alzheimer"s disease at his last home in Roslyn Estates, New New York
Trustee North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, New York, cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1987. Member American Chemical Society, American Society Metals, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Josephine H. Blatt, February 4, 1940 (deceased 1959). Children: Stephanie (deceased 1988) (Mistress Wendel Kincaid, Junior), William (deceased 1997), Ellen, Abigail. Married Helen R. Stream (deceased 1998), July 10, 1960.
1 stepchild, Jane Block.