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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Planque was married to Frank Burke.<ref name=egacy.com2010>{{cite news|title=Dr. E. Gail de Planque|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=e-gail-de-planque&pid=145671146|accessdate=22 April 2014|newspaper=The Hartford Courant on|date=September 26, 2010}}</ref> She lived in [[New York City]],<ref name="Standards1976">{{cite book|author=United States. National Bureau of Standards|title=Measurements for the safe use of radiation: proceedings of an NBS 75th anniversary symposium held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, March 1&ndash;4, 1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4SdAxvD1uYC&pg=PA436|year=1976|publisher=NBS : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office|page=436}}</ref> and [[Potomac, Maryland]].<ref name="ReserveApplications2000">{{cite book|author1=Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve|author2=Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications|author3=Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems|author4=Board on Physics and Astronomy|author5=National Materials Advisory Board|author6=National Research Council|title=The Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQudAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR9|date=23 May 2000|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=978-0-309-07038-6|page=9}}</ref> Planque died in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=145850138|title=GAIL DE PLANQUE Obituary|last=|first=|date=2010-10-08|website=The New York Times|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref>
Planque was married to Frank Burke.<ref name=egacy.com2010>{{cite news|title=Dr. E. Gail de Planque|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=e-gail-de-planque&pid=145671146|accessdate=22 April 2014|newspaper=The Hartford Courant on|date=September 26, 2010}}</ref> She lived in [[New York City]],<ref name="Standards1976">{{cite book|author=United States. National Bureau of Standards|title=Measurements for the safe use of radiation: proceedings of an NBS 75th anniversary symposium held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, March 1&ndash;4, 1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4SdAxvD1uYC&pg=PA436|year=1976|publisher=NBS : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office|page=436}}</ref> and [[Potomac, Maryland]].<ref name="ReserveApplications2000">{{cite book|author1=Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve|author2=Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications|author3=Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems|author4=Board on Physics and Astronomy|author5=National Materials Advisory Board|author6=National Research Council|title=The Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQudAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR9|date=23 May 2000|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=978-0-309-07038-6|page=9}}</ref> Planque died in 2010.<ref name="NYTObit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=145850138|title=GAIL DE PLANQUE Obituary|last=|first=|date=2010-10-08|website=The New York Times|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
* 1990, Women of Achievement in Energy award
* 1990, Women of Achievement in Energy award <ref name=obits.nj.com2010 />
* 1991, Outstanding Woman Scientist of the Year award
* 1991, Outstanding Woman Scientist of the Year award <ref name="NYTObit" />
* 2003, Henry DeWolf Smyth Award for Nuclear Statesmanship
* 2003, Henry DeWolf Smyth Award for Nuclear Statesmanship
* 2004, [[List of Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees|Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees]]
* 2004, [[List of Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees|Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees]]

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Eileen Gail de Planque (also Eileen Gail de Planque Burke, best known as E. Gail de Planque; 1944 – September 8, 2010) was an American nuclear physicist. An expert on environmental radiation measurements, she was the first woman and first health physicist to become a Commissioner at the US government's Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).[1] Her technical areas of expertise included environmental radiation, nuclear facilities monitoring, personnel dosimetry, radiation shielding, radiation transport, and solid state dosimetry.[2][3]

Career

Born in New Jersey and raised in Maryland,[4] Planque earned her bachelor's degree from Immaculata College (Mathematics, 1967), Master's degree from the Newark College of Engineering (Physics, 1973), and PhD from New York University (Environmental health science, 1983).[3][5] From 1967 until 1982, she worked as a physicist for the Atomic Energy Commission.[6] She joined the Environmental Measurements Laboratory, US Department of Energy as its deputy director in 1982, and was promoted to director five years later. From 1991-95, she was a member of the NRC. In 1997, Planque chaired a planning committee, Celebration of Women in Engineering, which developed conferences that encouraged women to choose careers in engineering and included the development of the website EngineerGirl.[3]

A Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Planque was also a member of the National Academy of Engineering,[7] Association of Women in Science, and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. She served as president of the ANS (1988–89),[4] and Health Physics Society; as well as the co-chair of Committee for International Intercomparison of Environmental Dosimeters. In the late 1970s, Planque was a US expert delegate to the international committee for Development of an International Standard on Thermoluminescence Dosimetry.[3]

Personal life

Planque was married to Frank Burke.[8] She lived in New York City,[9] and Potomac, Maryland.[10] Planque died in 2010.[11]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Cox, Morgan; Richard Griffith; Hans Julius; Joe McDonald (24 December 2010). "Obituary". Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 142 (1): 3. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "About NRC: Our Organization: The Commission: Former Commissioners: Dr. E. Gail de Planque". United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
  3. ^ a b c d Wayne, Tiffany K. (2011). American Women of Science Since 1900: Essays A-H. Vol.1. ABC-CLIO. pp. 341–. ISBN 978-1-59884-158-9.
  4. ^ a b c "E. Gail de Planque". The Star-Ledger. September 26, 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. ^ "In Memoriam: E. Gail de Planque". Health Physics Society. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  6. ^ Lubenau, CHP, Joel O. "In Memoriam: E. Gail de Planque". Health Physics Society. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  7. ^ "E. Planque". Forbes. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Dr. E. Gail de Planque". The Hartford Courant on. September 26, 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  9. ^ United States. National Bureau of Standards (1976). Measurements for the safe use of radiation: proceedings of an NBS 75th anniversary symposium held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, March 1–4, 1976. NBS : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office. p. 436.
  10. ^ Committee on the Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications; Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems; Board on Physics and Astronomy; National Materials Advisory Board; National Research Council (23 May 2000). The Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve. National Academies Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-309-07038-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ a b "GAIL DE PLANQUE Obituary". The New York Times. 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2019-02-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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