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CHRISTIAN J . LAMBERTSEN
Pages 150-155

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... LAMBERTSEN, a distinguished scientist, medical doctor, inventor, environmentalist, pioneer in undersea and aerospace medicine, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine for his entire adult life, died on February 11, 2011, at the age of 93. He excused himself from daily activities at the university only in the past several years, when he was forced to slow down because of physical incapacitation.
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From page 152...
... Army Medical Corps and attached for service with OSS, specifically to take advantage of his expertise in underwater operations. He became instrumental in establishing the OSS Maritime Unit as the unit's medical officer and primary trainer of its operational swimmers, including development of tactical functions of the LARU and a swimmer submersible.
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From page 153...
... manned space program, where he actively participated in advancing man's capability for space exploration. In 1960 he served as a member of the Space Sciences Board of the National Academy of Sciences and as chairman of the Committee on Man-in-Space, providing oversight to eight subordinate panels covering a variety of disciplines.
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... He also received the New York Academy of Sciences Award for Research in Environmental Sciences, the Pioneer Award of the Navy Historical Society, and in 2010 the John Scott Award from the Philadelphia Board of Directors of City Trusts, which previously honored Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Jonas Salk.
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... As an environmentalist, he was active in land preservation along the shores of his farm, called Lostock, near St. Michaels, Maryland.
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