Biography:Walter Dunhan Claus
Walter Dunham Claus (6 March 1903 – 12 May 1995) was a pioneer in the field of radiation biology[citation needed], especially in helping to establish the field in medical physics curriculum.[citation needed]
Life and Times
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado.[citation needed] Claus's father Ernest Claus was from Germany and his mother Laura Claus was from Missouri. They resided at 310 N. Stein in St. Louis, Missouri.[citation needed] In 1931 received his Ph.D. in Physics from Washington University in St. Louis.[citation needed] Claus worked at the Mellon Institute and then went to work for the Atomic Energy Commission.[citation needed]
Dissertation
- "Effect of temperature on the diffuse scattering of X-rays from rock-salt."[1]
Atomic Energy Commission
Walter D. Claus, (annual salary $12,000), Division of Biology and Medicine, Biophysics Branch, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C.[2] From 1949-1955 he held the position of Chief in the Division of Biology and Medicine, AEC.[citation needed] Then from 1955-1967 he served as Special Assistant to Division Director, AEC.[citation needed]
Health Physics Society
Dr. Claus was a key member in the formation of the Health Physics Society and represented the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.[3][4][5]
- Founding AND Charter member, 1955[citation needed]
- Board of Directors, 1955 – 1958, 1962[citation needed]
Publications
- Health Effects of Plutonium and Radium.[6]
- Interpretation of Atomic Structure Factor Curves in Crystal Reflection of X-Rays.[7]
- The bactericidal effect of ultraviolet radiation on Escherichia coli in liquid suspensions.[8]
- An experimental study of the problem of mitogenetic radiation.[9]
- What is Health Physics?[10]
- Radiation Biology and Medicine[11]
- Symposium on Education and Training in Health Physics: Training Programs in Health Physics.[12]
References
- ↑ Hull, Callie and West, Clarence J. (1931). Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences by American Universities, 1930-1931. National Research Council. Washington, D.C.
- ↑ Official Register of the United States, 1952. (1 May 1952). United States Civil Service Commission. Washington, D.C.
- ↑ "News of Science". Science 122 (15 July 1955): 112–117. 15 July 1955. doi:10.1126/science.122.3159.112. PMID 17751437. Bibcode: 1955Sci...122..112W.
- ↑ Reinig, William C. (July/August 1989). C.M. Patterson 1913-1989. HPS Newsletter, XVII(7/8): 19-20.
- ↑ Claus, Walter D. (1958) "What is Health Physics?." Health physics 1.1: 56-61.
- ↑ Jee, Webster S. (Ed.). (1976). The health effects of plutonium and radium. Salt Lake City, Utah: JW Press. J. W. Press.
- ↑ Jauncey, G. E. M., & Claus, W. D. (1928). Interpretation of Atomic Structure Factor Curves in Crystal Reflection of X-Rays. Physical Review, 32(1), 12.
- ↑ Hollaender, Alexander, and Walter D. Claus. (1936). "The bactericidal effect of ultraviolet radiation on Escherichia coli in liquid suspensions." The Journal of general physiology 19.5: 753-765.
- ↑ Hollaender, Alexander, and Walter Dunham Claus. (1937). An experimental study of the problem of mitogenetic radiation. National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences.
- ↑ Claus, Walter D. (1958) "What is Health Physics?." Health physics 1.1: 56-61.
- ↑ Claus, Walter D. (1958), Radiation Biology and Medicine, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company: Reading, Massachusetts.
- ↑ Claus, W. D. (1962). Symposium on Education and Training in Health Physics: Training Programs in Health Physics. Health Physics, 8(2), 93-95.
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