Parker, Herbert M

Herbert Parker was a radiation physicist and co-inventor of the Paterson-Parker Radium Therapy System. He was born in England in 1910, studied at the University of Manchester and the Holt Radium Institute in Manchester. He came to the U.S. and worked on nuclear projects during WWII at the Manhattan Project in Chicago and at Oak Ridge. He came to Hanford, WA in 1944 to head the operational radiation protection program and stayed to develop research and development programs in the radiological sciences. He managed the General Electric Hanford Labs from 1956 to 1965. He became a consultant to Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories after Batelle took over operation of the lab in 1965. In 1971 he left Batelle and became president of HMP Associates, his own consulting firm. He served on many scientific panels, committees, and boards, including the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, and bodies of the National Academy of Sciences and Atomic Energy Commission. He died in 1984.

From the guide to the Herbert M. Parker papers, 1938-1984, 1966-1982, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)