Vignettes of early radiation workers [videorecording], produced by Bureau of Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; moderated by Lauriston S. Taylor, 1977-1979.

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Vignettes of early radiation workers [videorecording], produced by Bureau of Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; moderated by Lauriston S. Taylor, 1977-1979.

This series of 25 recorded interviews with early radiation workers was initiated in 1977 by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department. of Health and Human Services to provide an historical overview of their research and discoveries primarily in the fields of medical physics, radiation, and radiobiology. Lauriston S. Taylor moderated the series and also was an interview subject. Others interviewed were: Howard Andrews (50 minutes), Carl Braestrup (55 minutes), Austin Brues (45 minutes), Robley Evans (56 minutes), George Henny (53 minutes), Paul Henshaw (50 minutes), Norman Hilberry (57 minutes), Lillian Jacobson (55 minutes), Harold Johns (57 minutes), George Laurence (60 minutes), John Lawrence (57 minutes), Herbert Parker (98 minutes), Edward Pochin (47 minutes), Edith Quimby (51 minutes), John Rose (56 minutes), Roberts Rugh (46 minutes), J. Newell Stannard (52 minutes), E. Dale Trout (54 minutes), John Trump (57 minutes), John Victoreen (59 minutes), S. Reid Warren (44 minutes), Shields Warren (57 minutes), Marvin Williams (53 minutes), and Harold Wyckoff (57 minutes).

25 videocassettes (1,287 minutes) : sound, color; 3/4 inch.1 videocassette (51 minutes) : sound, color; 1/2 inch.13 DVD recordings (varying lengths) : sound, color; 4 3/4 inch.

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The mission of the FDA History Office is to increase knowledge of the history, mission, and activities of the FDA and its predecessor, the Bureau of Chemistry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The office provides perspective on current policy objectives and increases public understanding of FDA's purpose and function. In general, office activities concern research, documentation, consultation, and information. In 1968, James Harvey Young received a grant from the National Library of Medici...

Braestrup, Carl B.

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Dr. J. Newell Stannard was a leading radiation researcher and leader in the American Health Phyics society. From the description of Papers, 1934-1993. (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 45105671 ...

Henny, George C. (George Christian), 1899-1988

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Brues, Austin M. (Austin Moore), 1906-

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Lawrence, John Hundale, 1904-

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John Hundale Lawrence was a medical physicist at the University of California, where he founded the Donner Laboratory (within the U.C. Radiation Laboratory, later named Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory after his brother, Ernest Orlando Lawrence). He also served as a regent of the University. From the description of Photographs from the John Hundale Lawrence papers [graphic]. ca. 1940-ca. 1985. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 227486105 John H. Lawrence (...

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Wyckoff, Harold O. (Harold Orville), 1910-1999

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Hilberry, Norman, 1899-

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Warren, S. Reid (Samuel Reid), 1908-....

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S. Reid Warren, Jr. was born on January 31, 1908 in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. He entered the newly found Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1924. He received his B.S. in 1928, his M.S. in 1929, and his Sc.D. in 1937. His affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania has lasted to the present day. Warren has held many post at the University including Professor, Vice Dean, and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs. He is presently Profess...

United States. Bureau of Radiological Health

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Andrews, Howard Lucius, 1906-....

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Henshaw, Paul S. (Paul Stewart), 1902-

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Rugh, Robert S. 1903-

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Parker, Herbert M.

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Pochin, Edward Eric, Sir, 1909-

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Quimby, Edith H. (Edith Hinkley), 1891-1982

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Taylor, Lauriston S. (Lauriston Sale), 1902-2004

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Taylor (Pennsylvania, D.Sc. 1960), American physicist, served on the International Commission on Radiological Units (ICRU), International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), and National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). He developed the guarded field standard ionization chamber; studied radiation measurement and protection, ionization of liquids, and variable oscilators. From the description of Papers of Lauriston S. Taylor, ca. 1928-ca. 1984 (inclus...