Background
Failla, Patricia McClement was born on December 22, 1925 in New York City. Daughter of Morgan Hall and Louise (Yandell) McClement.
biomedical and environmental research adminstrator
Failla, Patricia McClement was born on December 22, 1925 in New York City. Daughter of Morgan Hall and Louise (Yandell) McClement.
Bachelor of Arts in Physics cum laude, BarnardColl., 1946. Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, Columbia University, 1958. Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1976.
Assistant physicist New York City Department Hospitals, 1946—1948. Research scientist Columbia University, New York City, 1950—1960. Biophysicist Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, 1960—1971, assistant division director, 1971, assistant laboratory director, 1971—1980, program coordinator, 1980—1986, retired, 1986.
Member technical electronic product radiation safety standards committee Food and Drug Administration-Department of Health and Human Services, 1973—1975. Member biomedical research support program subsidiary National Institutes of Health-Department of Health and Human Services, 1978—1982. Chairman radiation committee corporation Marine Biology Laboratory, 1964.
Member president advisory committee Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, 1986—1992. Member Seabrook Island (South Carolina) Natural History Group, chairman, 1991—1992.
Member Committee of One Hundred, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1976-1986. Atomic Energy Commission predoctoral fellow Columbia University, 1948-1950. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Radiation Research Society (councilor 1976-1979), Health Physics Society, Seabrook Island (South Carolina.) Ladies Golf Association (chairman 1988), Exch.
Club of Kiawah-Seabrook, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (membership committee 1970-1992, board directors 1975-1978, 80-83).
Married Gioacchino Failla, January 22, 1949 (deceased 1961).