RENOWNED ASBESTOS EXPERT DR. WILLIAM J. NICHOLSON DEAD AT AGE 70
Dedicated to Protecting the Health and Safety of Workers, He Established Asbestos Exposure Standards Used Worldwide

photo-1icWendicilliam J. Nicholson, Ph.D., a well-known and highly respected expert on asbestos exposure who was a valued expert witness in litigation on asbestos-related issues, died on April 9. He was 70. Professor Emeritus in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Nicholson died of heart failure while running in Fair Lawn, N.J.
iAn enthusiastic athlete, he competed in several marathons over the years and was an avid cross-country skier and cyclist. iAs part of a team of scientists assembled by Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, Nicholson did extensive statistical studies of the excessive rates …