Crews taking samples of the groundwater near the Fukushima Daiichi complex found doses of iodine-131, a radioactive isotope. The levels are roughly 10,000 times that of the level allowed in seawater. The government will be testing again, due to concerns that the readings may have been in error.
CSM is saddened by the news that Dr. Guy T. McBride, Jr., president of CSM from 1970 to 1984, passed away Monday March 21, 2011, in Lakewood at the age of 91.
McBride was born December 12, 1919, in Austin, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1940 as valedictorian with a BS in chemical engineering. He then received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1948.