OBIT: Robert H. OSTER, 1960, native of Blair County, PA

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DR. ROBERT H. OSTER
 
  Dr. Robert H. Oster, Baltimore, a native of Tyrone, died Saturday of 
cancer at his home.
  He was born at Tyrone in 1901, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan V. 
Oster.  Surviving are his widow, Muriel Healey; a sister, Miss Rhoda 
Oster, Tyrone; and three children, Robert R., Jon F., and Mrs. Mortimer 
W. Cushman.
  Dr. Oster was chairman of the physiology department of the University 
of Maryland Dental School.  He held advanced degrees from Penn State 
College and Harvard University.  
  He taught physics at Williams College from 1928 to 1930 and carried 
on cancer research at Harvard's Huntingdon Hospital from 1930 to 1935.  
In 1936, he went to the University of Maryland, and in 1945, he was 
elected to the post he held at the time of death.
  He was widely known for advanced research in measuring brain waves 
for use in treating mental illness and curing cancerous brain tumors.
  Funeral service and burial were private.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 4, 1960, page 3