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Edward R. Epp

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    1. Game, Edward Epp vs. Pal Benko, Greater New York Open championship, 1959.
    2. Game, Harold Meyer Phillips vs. Edward Epp, New York State championship brilliancy prize, 1959.

Edward R. Epp
July 21, 1929 - November 29, 2021

Edward R. Epp
New England Titlist Draws Line at TiesNew England Titlist Draws Line at Ties 08 Oct 1989, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com Edward R. Epp, PhDEdward R. Epp, PhD 30 Nov 2021, Tue The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

EPP, Edward R. PhD
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Emeritus, Harvard University, beloved husband of Shirley Mae Epp, R.N., and son of the late Abram and Catherine (nee Janzen) Epp, passed away on November 29, 2021 in Needham, MA. Born on July 21, 1929 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he obtained his M.A. in Physics with High Honors in 1952 from the University of Saskatchewan. He served on the National Research Council of Canada from 1952-1953 and obtained his doctorate in Nuclear Physics from McGill University in 1955.
After serving two years as Physicist, Department of Radiology, Montreal General Hospital, he worked at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City where he became Member with a concurrent appointment as Professor of Biophysics at Cornell University over the period 1957-1974.
Subsequently he was appointed as Head of Radiation Biophysics at the Massachusetts General Hospital and as Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard University in 1975 until his retirement at the end of 1997. His research interests included radiation physics and dosimetry, radiation biophysics and mechanisms of radiation action on living cells. His research specialized on mechanistic aspects of ultrahigh intensity pulsed radiation in the presence of oxygen and other chemical radiosensitizers with a view to improving the radiation treatment of cancer.
He was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. He served as President of the Radiation Research Society and on a number of committees of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Cancer Institute.
After retirement in 1997 he was the Failla Memorial Lecturer for the Greater New York Chapter of the Health Physics Society in association with the Radiation and Medical Physics Society of New York.
From 1998-2004 he served on the Board of Radiation Effects Research of the National Academy of Sciences. He also served on the Committee on Alternatives for Controlling the Release of Solid Materials from NRC-Licensed Facilities (2000-2002) and on the Committee to Assure the Safety of the Defense Department’s Mail (2003-2004).
He was a member of the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards from 2002 to 2018.
Having a lifelong interest in tournament chess, he was awarded the title of National Master in 1991 by the United States Chess Federation. He was a member of the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City and of the Metrowest Chess Club in Natick, MA.
A church Service will be held at Christ Church in Needham, MA on Thursday, December 2nd at 11AM. Dr. Epp’s burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory to the American Cancer Society would be greatly appreciated.
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Recommended Books

Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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