Robert Bistline

Robert Wayne Bistline, age 83, passed at his home on April 24, 2021.

Born November 23, 1937, in Dickinson County, Kansas to Clinton Amos and Dorothy Myrtle Bistline, he also lived in Washington State until his move to Colorado with his family in 1966.  He married his wife Joyce in 1993.  Bob went to work for Dow Chemical at the Rocky Flats Plant in 1966, where he specialized in research and development of advance instrumentation for the detection of plutonium in lung tissues of site workers. He received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University in Radiation Biology in 1973; prior to that he earned his M.S. in Radiological Sciences from the University of Washington in 1970, his graduate studies were in Radiation Biophysics and Atomic Physics at the University of Kansas, and his B.A. was received from Westmar College in 1959 in Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences.

He was a Program Manager of the Internal Dosimetry Program, and a member of the Health Physics Society, the Radiation Research Society, the Scientific Advisory Committee of the United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries, and a Scientist member of the Central Department of Energy Institutional Review Board.

He was a leader in the establishment of the Department of Energy's beryllium disease prevention program. During his tenure with the USTUR, he was appointed to the prestigious Scientific Advisory Committee. He served on the Department of Energy Central Beryllium Institutional Review Board. He was an advisor for the President's Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. He also received the prestigious Department of Energy Pride Award for his exceptional service.

Family include his wife Joyce; children Steve (Jen), Kim (Ron [deceased]), John (Nicole), Scott (Deena), Cassie (Brian); grandchildren Brandon Bistline (deceased), Brooke Bistline, Brittney Bistline,  Alex Grace, Katie Angel (Ryne Angel), Zac Bistline, Annie Bistline; Ethan Larson, Tobi Larson, Tyler McNichol, and great grandson Teddy Angel, brothers and sisters Laverna Ernst, Carolyn Beetch, Lois Hines, John Bistline (deceased), and Stan Bistline (deceased). Parents: Clinton and Dorothy Bistline (deceased).

Bob loved singing in a Barbershop Quartet in his earlier years and had been an active member of his church choir and a soloist throughout his lifetime. He collected Franklin Mint model tractors and antique farm tools.

Private family service will be Monday, May 10 at 2:00pm.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to:

Canyons Community Church

https://www.canyonscc.org/giving

or

the Wounded Warrior Project

https://woundedwarriorproject.org