Delbert Sylvester Barth

Background

Barth, Delbert Sylvester was born on June 6, 1925 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Military Engineering, United States Military Academy, 1946; Master of Science in Nuclear Physics, Ohio State University, 1952; Master of Science in Solid State Physics, Stevens Institute Technology, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, Ohio State University, 1962.

Career

Health physics trainee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, 1947-1949; assistant professor department physics and chemistry, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1956-1960; staff officer evaluation and planning section research branch division radiological health, United States Public Health Svc., Department Health, Edition and Welfare, 1960-1961; investigator, staff officer experimental radiobiolgy program research branch, DRH, Rockville, Maryland., 1962-1963; director bioenviron. research program, Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory, United States Public Health Svc., Las Vegas, 1963-1969; director bureau criteria and standards, National Air Pollution Control Administration, DHEW, Durham, North Carolina, 1969-1971; director, Bureau Air Pollution Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1971; director, National Environmental Research Center, Research Triangle Park, 1971-1972; director, National Environmental Research Center, Las Vegas, 1972-1976; deputy assistant administrator health and ecological effects ORD, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1976-1978; visiting professor biophysics, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, 1978-1982; senior scientist environmental research center, U. Nevada, 1982-1988; director environmental research center, U. Nevada, 1989-1992; professor environmental studies program, U. Nevada, 1992-1994; professor emeritus environmental studies program, since 1994.

Achievements

• Delbert Sylvester Barth has been listed as a noteworthy Environmental studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member sub-commission on environmental effects, member of advisory commission to federal radiation, member commission on hearing, bioaccoustics, biomechs. Chairman advising committee National Air Quality Criteria. Environmental monitoring advisor, member environmental com.ecological science division Institute Environmental Sciences.

Member Army Science Board, 1984-1990. Member awards board Environmental Protection Agency. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.