Karl Z. Morgan
Karl Ziegler Morgan | |
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Radiation Health Physics | |
Doctoral advisor | Walter M. Nielsen |
Karl Ziegler Morgan (September 27, 1907 – June 8, 1999), was an American
Late in life, in 1982 he became a
Early life and education
Born in
Career
He began an academic career as a faculty member at
Initially at the
Morgan became director of health physics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), serving from the late 1940s until his retirement in 1972. In 1955 he became the first president of the Health Physics Society, and was editor of the journal Health Physics from 1955 to 1977.[5]
After his retirement from ORNL in 1972, he joined the faculty of
After decades as a "pillar of the nuclear establishment", Morgan had a "change of heart" about
Morgan also testified on behalf of
Morgan died in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on June 8, 1999, apparently from a ruptured aortic aneurysm.[3][7]
Morgan's autobiography, The Angry Genie: One Man's Walk Through the Nuclear Age was published in 1999 by the University of Oklahoma Press.[6]
Reception
John Cameron, a developer of a dosimeter in the 1960s, criticized Morgan's autobiography. He wrote a posthumous critique, called the book otherwise interesting for its historical detailing of the Manhattan Project's health physics evolution and criticized what he called generally "flawed" anti-nuclear stance, an exaggeration of the Linear no-threshold model.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Pearce Wright, Karl Morgan, The Guardian, Tuesday 15 June 1999
- ^ Leland R. Johnson, Karl Z. Morgan, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
- ^ a b c "Dr. Karl Z. Morgan; Pioneer health physicist," The Oak Ridger, June 10, 1999
- ^ Dick Smyser, "Founder of the science of health physics and also a pioneer of the environmental movement," The Oak Ridger, June 24, 1999
- ^ Angry Genie: One Man's Walk Through the Nuclear Age[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Karl Z. Morgan, 91, Founder of the Field Of Health Physics, Dies in Tennessee
- ^ K.Z. Morgan, health physics pioneer, dies, ORNL Reporter, July 1999
- ^ John Cameron (2000). "A Flawed History of Radiation Protection". 21sci-tech.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
External links
- Human Radiation Studies: Remembering the Early Years; Oral History of Health Physicist Karl Z. Morgan, Ph.D. Archived 2009-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, conducted January 7, 1995, DOE/EH-0475, U.S. Department of Energy
- Lady Science (2018-05-18). "Women Radiobiologists and 'Standard Man'". The New Inquiry. Retrieved 2023-03-10.