Biography:C. Maurice Patterson

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Short description: Health physicist pioneer

C. Maurice Patterson also known as Pat or Maurice Patterson (24 December 1913 – 21 May 1989) a pioneer in the establishment of health physics as a profession.[1][2][3]

Health Physics Society

Patterson was a key member in the formation of the Health Physics Society and represented the Savannah River Project.[4][5]

  • Founding member and Director
  • Representative from Savannah River Project
  • President, 1962
  • Founders Award, 1979
  • Fellow, 1984
  • Diplomat, American Board of Health Physics

Publications

  • Patterson, C. M. (1958). Proceedings U. N. Intern. Conf. Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy, 2nd, Geneva, 23: 295.
  • Monitoring of tritium in gases, liquids, and in the environment.[6]
  • Environmental Radiation at the Start[7]

References

  1. ↑ Reinig, William C. "Environmental Radioactivity On and Near the Savannah River Site Before the Start of Nuclear Operations." Prepared for the US Department of Energy Under Contract No. DE-ACO9-96SR18500 Westinghouse Savannah River Company Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC 29808: 265.
  2. ↑ Patterson, C. M. (1987). Environmental Radiation at the Start, USDOE Report DP-1745, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC 29808.
  3. ↑ Reinig, William C. (July/August 1989). C.M. Patterson 1913-1989. HPS Newsletter, XVII(7/8): 19-20.
  4. ↑ "News of Science". Science 122 (15 July 1955): 112–117. 15 July 1955. doi:10.1126/science.122.3159.112. PMID 17751437. 
  5. ↑ Reinig, William C. (July/August 1989). C.M. Patterson 1913-1989. HPS Newsletter, XVII(7/8): 19-20.
  6. ↑ Marter, W.L. and C. M. Patterson. (1971). Monitoring of tritium in gases, liquids, and in the environment. Transactions, Amer. Nucl. Soc. 14(1): 162-163.
  7. ↑ Patterson, C. M. (1987). Environmental Radiation at the Start, USDOE Report DP-1745, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC 29808.



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