Stanley, Theodore

Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999), together with Stanley Gerald Thompson (1912-1967) and Albert Ghiorso ( 1915). The bombardment of americium-241 with alpha particles led to element 97 with atomic mass number 243. The enrichment involved chemical methods, as the properties of the element were assumed to be analogous to those of the lanthanides. 

The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the NIMH, NARSAD, and the Theodore and Vada Stanley Foundation. Outstanding editorial assistance was provided by Ms. Sarah Tsou and Ms. Kerri R. Gibala. 

Supported by USPHS grants DA-000266, MH-18501, Research Scientist Award DA-00074, and a grant of the Theodore and Vada Stanley Foundation. 

One participant at the 1986 seminar was Dr. Theodore Stanley, Chief of Anesthesiology at the University of Utah. He suggested the possibility of filling a hijacked airliner with Xenon (an inert gaseous element). Everybody would immediately become unconscious, but fresh air could quickly revive them, once the hijackers were under control. He estimated, however, that the amount of Xenon required would be expensive - at 10 a liter, the occupied area of an airliner, would cost several million dollars, even if it could be effectively disseminated. 

Hoping to resolve this conundrum, I searched the Internet and (as mentioned earlier) spoke by telephone with Dr. Theodore Stanley, Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology at the University of Utah. Dr. Stanley is an authority on morphine and Fentanyl-hke compounds. Although very helpful, some of his answers seemed to conflict with other authorities. 

We wish to acknowledge the assistance of John C. Bailar, III, M.D., Robert W. Parry, Stanley Kirschner, Theodore L. Brown, Ellen Handler, Trina Carter, and Diane Majors in the preparation of this article. 

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