ROBERT DEANE (B0B) GALLAGHER WAS BORN ON MARCH 13, 1935 IN PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA AND PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON OCTOBER 08, 2014 IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.

IN 1954 BOB STUDIED CHEMISTRY AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE WAS A LABORATORY ASSISTANT IN THE RADIATION LABORATORY DURING HIS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM. HE GRADUATED IN 1958 WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY.

HE WENT TO WORK FOR CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY IN THE RADIOCHEMISTRY GROUP AS AN ASSOCIATE RESEARCH CHEMIST.

IN 1963 BOB WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY AS A RADIOCHEMIST AND LABORATORY SUPERVISOR WITH EBERLINE INSTRUMENT CORPORATION IN SANTA FE, NM.

IN 1965 HE MOVED TO HOUSTON, TX FOR A MANAGEMENT POSITION WITH TRACERLAB THEN ADVANCING TO VICE-PRESIDENT OF HASTINGS RADIOCHEMICAL WORKS. IN 1968, BOB WORKED FOR AMERICAN BIOMEDICAL AS VICE-PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR.

IN 1971, BOB OPENED HIS OWN COMPANY, NUCLEAR SOURCES & SERVICES, INC., WHICH HAS FLURISHED OVER THE LAST 43 YEARS. BOB AND HIS STAFF HAVE WORKED ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND IN MANY FOREIGN COUNTRIES. NSSI IS ONE OF ONLY THREE FACILITIES IN THE U.S. PROVIDING STORAGE AND HANDLEING OF MIXED HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES.  NSSI HAS MAINTAINED A GREAT MAJORITY OF ITS EMPLOYEES FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, WHICH SAYS A LOT ABOUT BOB AND HIS WORK ETHICS.

BOB WAS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS HARBOR IN LA PORTE, TEXAS FOR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. BOB AND MAURITA ALSO SUPPORT THE JOYFUL TOYFUL ORGANIZATION.

BOB WAS A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MAURITA FOR OVER 36 YEARS.  HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN GARY GALLAGHER OF EDMOND, OK. AND HIS DAUGHTER SHAWN GALLAGHER GRUSS AND HUSBAND PHIL OF DICKINSON, TX. AND ALSO STEP CHILDREN DELINDA LEWIS RUFFINO AND BOB LEWIS.  HE ALSO HAD TWO STEP CHILDREN WITH  MAURITA,  SON DON MURPHY AND DEBORAH MEYERS (DECEASED). BOB ALSO HAD NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, ESPECIALLY HIS FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY AT NSSI.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD FOR BOB AT A LATER DATE.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS- PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.