• Dr. Fletcher Hahn has made outstanding contributions to understanding the pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases produced by inhaled radioactive and chemical agents. Thus, improving our scientific basis for occupational and environmental human health standards. Dr. Hahn’s contributions have been recognized on a national and international level and have brought recognition to the veterinary medical field, in particular, veterinary pathology.
• Dr. Hahn has authored or co-authored over 270 papers and reports, and has been called to serve on several national and international expert panels evaluating pathological changes in critical studies used to evaluate human health risks.
• For many years, Dr. Hahn was the on-site coordinator for a collaborative research training program conducted by the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute in conjunction with the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Purdue University.
• Employed with US Army Veterinary Corp – Division of Nuclear Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington DC after graduation from WSU in 1964.
• Employed at Lovelace Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM for 33 years.

Professional Affiliations And Honoraries

• American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Diplomate, 1971)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• American Veterinary Medical Association
  
• CL Davis Foundation for Advancement of Veterinary Pathology, Lifetime Member
  
• Health Physics Society
  
• New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association
  
• New Mexico Zoological Society – Board Member 1972-1984, President 1979-1980
  
• Radiation Research Society
  
• Society of Toxicologic Pathologists, Full Member
  
• Society of Toxicology, Full Member

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