Dr. Joseph Rall

Dr. Joseph Edward "Ed" RaIl, MD Ph.D., 88, Internationally Renowned Research Scientist, died Thursday, Feb. 28, at the home of his daughter in Rocky Ridge. Born Feb. 3, 1920 in Naperville, Ill., he was a son of the late Dr. Edward Everett and Nell Platt Rall.

Dr. Rall was graduated from North Central College, Naperville, Ill., where he received his bachelors; he earned his doctor of medicine from Northwestern University, Chicago, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II, in Germany with the 385th Station Hospital.

Dr. RaIl received the Van Meter Award in 1950. Among his many positions he was at the Mayo Clinic; The Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute; Chief of the Clinical Endocrinology Branch of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases at NIH; Director of Intramural Research at the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases for 21 years, and Deputy Director of Intramural Research at NIH for eight years.

A prolific writer, he was the author of numerous articles and chapters in medical journals, including books on Thyroid Gland Radiation. In 1959, he was the recipient of the Fleming Award. He also held membership in the National Academy of Science, and the National Academy of Arts and Science.

Surviving are his daughter with whom he lived, Priscilla Rall and husband, Richard Stambaugh of Rocky Ridge; a son Edward C. Rall and wife, Sue of Kensington; three grandchildren, Caroline Smith, Amanda Smith, both of Baltimore, and Johanna Rall of Kensington; four step-grandchildren, Paul Heims Jr. Shannon Bye, Jeffiey Heims, and Carrie Heims; numerous step-great grandchildren; a sister-in-law Gloria RaIl of Washington, D.C. also survive; several nieces and nephews also survive including, Cate Ertel and family; Sylvia

Interment will be private.