Mr. Ed Kimmel dies
07.29.2010
Edgar C. Kimmel, Ph.D., "Ed," internationally recognized inhalation/pulmonary toxicologist, loving husband, father, friend and mentor died from a long battle with cancer July 19th at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, Maryland at the age of 63. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he later moved to La Junta, Colorado in 1959 where he joined the Koshare Indian Dancers in 1961. By the time Ed graduated from La Junta High School in 1965 he had been to all forty-eight states touring with the Koshares. Ed attended the University of New Mexico, graduating with a BS in Biology in 1969. One month later he was drafted into the United States Army and served in Vietnam until September, 1971 Ed fulfilled his duty to his country over a fifteen month period as a much decorated soldier earning the Distinguished Service Cross as well as Silver and Bronze Stars and three Purple Hearts. After returning from Vietnam he earned a BS in Physiological Psychology in 1974. Ed continued his education and graduated with a Doctorate in Toxicology from University of Kentucky in 1985.
Ed was a renowned inhalation and pulmonary toxicology researcher for over thirty years. He specialized in the design, engineering, development and operation of inhalation exposure facilities at Lovelace Biomedical Environmental Research Institute in Albuquerque, NM; the Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Institute and the Naval Health Research Center/Toxicology-Environmental Health Effects Laboratory, both located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH. Dr. Kimmel finished his career at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center in Aberdeen, MD.
Ed was an Adjunct Professor at Wright State University Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Dayton, OH. He had professional memberships in the American Thoracic Society, International Society of Aerosol Medicine, Society of Toxicology, American Physiological Society, and the American Association of Aerosol Research. He received an honorary MD from the University of Kentucky as well as an honorary ScD from Johns Hopkins University. He gave more than seventy presentations before professional organizations and had more than ninety published articles in Inhalation Toxicology, the Journal of Aerosol Medicine and the Journal of Applied Toxicology as well as other open-literature publications.
Ed was a hands-on researcher who was known to grab a wrench to install or adjust the equipment in the laboratory. He invented a small animal plethysmograph to aid in his research. He was a man full of passion, wit, and wisdom. He will be remembered for his sense of humor, love for his family, intellect, and significant contributions to his scientific field of research.
Ed's survivors include his wife of 37 years, Linda (nee Adcox); two sons, Samuel C. of Albuquerque, NM and Matthew P. of Columbia, MD; a brother, Porter of Albuquerque NM; and two sisters, Marian Thompson of Roswell, NM and Alice Risse of Los Lunas, NM and his wife's Step-father, Al Hella of Union, SC.
Services were conducted at the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville, MD on July 23rd. Please make donations in Ed's name to the Vietnam Veterans of America: www.vva.org/support.html or 1-800-882-1316.
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