Harold T. Meryman, 88, an American Red Cross physician who refined the process of freezing blood, died Jan. 10 of coronary artery disease. Dr. Meryman devised the method of freezing concentrated blood cells for up to 10 years in 1971. This has been especially beneficial for patients with rare blood types. His methods are still used. He was ...

Joan Hughes Logue, 73, a laboratory consultant and founder of the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA), died of lung cancer Nov. 20 in her Longwood, FL, home. Formerly of Newtown Square, PA, Logue, principal of Health Systems Concepts and Health Software Consultants in Longwood, founded the CLMA in 1976. From 1984 to 1989, she ...