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Elizabeth Pillion

Mary Elizabeth Lynch Pillion (January 18, 1921 – June 8, 1990) was an American chemist with the United States Army from the late 1940s into the 1970s.

Elizabeth Pillion
A middle-aged white woman with short wavy hair, wearing glasses and a collared top buttoned to the throat
Elizabeth Pillion, from a 1962 publication of the United States Army
Born
Elizabeth Lynch

January 18, 1921
Lawrence, Massachusetts
DiedJune 8, 1990
Methuen, Massachusetts
OccupationChemist

Early life

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Elizabeth Lynch was from Lawrence, Massachusetts, the daughter of Michael Francis Lynch and Abigail F. Scott Lynch.[1]

Career

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Pillion was a chemist at the United States Army's Quartermaster Research and Engineering Command in Natick, Massachusetts. Much of her work involved studying storage and cleaning methods for feeding and hydration systems in extreme environments. In 1962 she received the Research Directors' Award for her work on a spectrophotometric correction technique for identifying ingredients in disinfectants and other solutions.[2][3]

Pillion's research was published in scholarly journals including Analytical Chemistry,[4] Journal of Chromatographic Science,[5] Military Medicine,[6] and Applied Microbiology.[7]

Selected publications

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  • "Military individual and small group water disinfecting systems: an assessment" (1977, with Morris R. Rogers, Arthur M. Kaplan, and Joseph J. Vitaliano)[6]
  • "Prevention of Food Residue Spoilage in Waste Packaging from Feeding Systems Utilized by Personnel Operating in a Closed Gaseous Environment Requirement Number AF 4-12" (1975, with Morris R. Rogers, Arthur M. Kaplan, and Joseph J. Vitaliano)[8]
  • "Resistance of Weathered Cotton Cellulose to Cellulase Action" (1970, with Arthur M. Kaplan, Mary Mandels, and Marvin Greenberger)[7]
  • "Long-term Storage Study of Disinfectant, Germicidal, and Fungicidal" (1965, with Morris R. Rogers and Arthur M. Kaplan)[9]
  • "Gas Chromatography of Phenylphenols and Chlorophenylphenols on a Silicone Nitrile Column" (1965)[5]
  • "Absorptivity Correction in Multicomponent Spectrophotometric Analysis" (1961, with Morris R. Rogers and Arthur M. Kaplan)[4]
  • "Effects of Local Cooling on Finger Blood Flow in Individuals Exposed to Warm Ambient Temperature" (1951, with Mortimer Eugene Bader and Jere Mead)[10]
  • "The Inhibition of Frostbite Wheals by the Iontophoresis of Antihistaminic Agents" (1949, with Martin B. Macht and Jere Mead)[11]
  • "Peripheral vascular effects produced by localized warming of various skin areas" (1948, with M. E. Bader, and M. B. Macht)[12]
  • "The Effects of Various Amino Acids on Peripheral Blood Flow and Skin Temperature" (1948, with M. B. Macht)
  • "Changes in skin temperature and blood flow of hand following ingestion of certain amino acids" (1948, with M. B. Macht)[13]
  • "Control of Peripheral Blood Flow: Responses in the Human Hand when Extremities are Warmed" (1947, with B. G. Ferris, R. E. Forster, and W. R. Christensen)[14]

Personal life

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Elizabeth Lynch was married to John William Pillion, an Army physician. She lived in Andover, Massachusetts. She died in 1990, in Methuen, Massachusetts.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary for Michael Francis LYNCH (Aged 77)". The Boston Globe. 2005-08-11. p. 62. Retrieved 2021-10-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "QM R&E Command Selects 3 Employees for Awards Recognizing Achievement" Army Research and Development Newsmagazine 3(April 1962): 34.
  3. ^ "Quartermasters Honor Engineer, Two Scientists". The Boston Globe. 1962-02-18. p. 56. Retrieved 2021-10-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Pillion, Elizabeth.; Rogers, M. R.; Kaplan, A. M. (1961-11-01). "Absorptivity Correction in Multicomponent Spectrophotometric Analysis". Analytical Chemistry. 33 (12): 1715–1718. doi:10.1021/ac60180a028. ISSN 0003-2700.
  5. ^ a b Pillion, Elizabeth (1965-07-01). "Gas Chromatography of Phenylphenols and Chlorophenylphenols on a Silicone Nitrile Column". Journal of Chromatographic Science. 3 (7): 238–239. doi:10.1093/chromsci/3.7.238. ISSN 0021-9665.
  6. ^ a b Rogers, Morris R.; Vitaliano, Joseph J.; Kaplan, Arthur M.; Pillion, Elizabeth (1977-04-01). "Military Individual and Small Group Water Disinfecting Systems: An Assessment". Military Medicine. 142 (4): 268–277. doi:10.1093/milmed/142.4.268. ISSN 0026-4075. PMID 404587.
  7. ^ a b Kaplan, Arthur M.; Mandels, Mary; Pillion, Elizabeth; Greenberger, Marvin (1970-07-01). "Resistance of Weathered Cotton Cellulose to Cellulase Action". Applied Microbiology. 20 (1): 85–93. doi:10.1128/am.20.1.85-93.1970. PMC 376872. PMID 16349883.
  8. ^ Rogers, Morris R.; Kaplan, Arthur M.; Vitaliano, Joseph J.; Pillion, Elizabeth (1975-11-01). "Prevention of Food Residue Spoilage in Waste Packaging from Feeding Systems Utilized by Personnel Operating in a Closed Gaseous Environment Requirement Number AF 4-12". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021.
  9. ^ Pillion, Elizabeth; Rogers, Morris R.; Kaplan, Arthur M. (1965-12-01). "Long-term Storage Study of Disinfectant, Germicidal, and Fungicidal". Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021.
  10. ^ America, Arctic Institute of North (1955). Arctic Bibliography. Department of Defense. p. 52.
  11. ^ Macht, Martin B.; Bader, Mortimer E.; Mead, Jere; Pillion, Elizabeth L. (1949-05-01). "The Inhibition of Frostbite Wheals by the Iontophoresis of Antihistaminic Agents". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 28 (3): 564–566. doi:10.1172/JCI102106. ISSN 0021-9738. PMC 439637. PMID 16695713.
  12. ^ Bader, M. E.; Macht, M. B.; Pillion, E. L. (March 1948). "Peripheral vascular effects produced by localized warming of various skin areas". Federation Proceedings. 7 (1 Pt 1): 4. ISSN 0014-9446. PMID 18932428.
  13. ^ Macht, M. B.; Pillion, E. L. (March 1948). "Changes in skin temperature and blood flow of hand following ingestion of certain amino acids". Federation Proceedings. 7 (1 Pt): 75. ISSN 0014-9446. PMID 18938593.
  14. ^ Ferris, B. G.; Forster, R. E.; Pillion, E. L.; Christensen, W. R. (1947-08-01). "Control of peripheral blood flow: responses in the human hand when extremities are warmed". American Journal of Physiology. Legacy Content. 150 (2): 304–314. doi:10.1152/ajplegacy.1947.150.2.304. ISSN 0002-9513. PMID 20258387.
  15. ^ "Elizabeth (Lynch) Pillion (death notice)". The Boston Globe. 1990-06-10. p. 87. Retrieved 2021-10-21 – via Newspapers.com.
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