John Kahle ’50

John Kahle ’50 died Nov. 26, 2020, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was 92.

John earned a bachelor’s degree in physics at Illinois Wesleyan and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He spent four years in the U.S. Air Force as a nuclear radiation specialist. John worked in a variety of roles: at General Electric’s aircraft nuclear propulsion facility in Cincinnati; at GE’s nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Wilmington, North Carolina; as a senior health physicist at Monsanto Research Corporation in Miamisburg, Ohio; and at the Atomic Energy Commission/Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection and Enforcement Department in Atlanta. John was a member of the American Health Physics Society, American Nuclear Society, American Industrial Hygiene Association, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, and Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed hunting and participating in the National Cornhusking Association’s annual contest held every October in various Midwest locations. He is survived by two children.

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