J. Harold Wayland; Researched Blood Flow

J. Harold Wayland, 91, Caltech scientist known internationally for his research on blood flow. Wayland taught engineering and applied science at Caltech from 1949 to 1979. He was an expert on blood flow whose research examined the impact of diabetes mellitus on circulation and the interaction between blood and tissues in the smallest vessels in the body. He also pioneered the development of microscopic measurements to investigate fundamental life processes. An Idaho native, Wayland earned his bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics in 1931 at the University of Idaho. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees at Caltech. He taught at the University of Redlands, then worked for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Navy’s Underwater Ordnance Division before joining the Caltech faculty in 1949. He earned the 1988 Malpighi Award and the 1981 Landis Award, the highest honors given by the European and American branches of the Society of Microcirculation. On Tuesday of a heart attack at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center.