Philip Morrison

Philip Morrison, (November 7, 1915 – April 22, 2005), was institute Professor, Emeritus and Professor of Physics, Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He earned his B.S. in 1936 at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and in 1940 he earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1942 he joined the Manhattan Project as group leader and physicist at the laboratories of the University of Chicago and Los Alamos. He was also an eyewitness to the Trinity test, and helped to transport its plutonium core to the test site. After surveying the destruction left by the use of the atom bomb in Nagasaki, Morrison became a champion of nuclear nonproliferation.

External link

• SETI.org : Philip Morrison, 1915 – 2005
• Obituary at MIT
• Article Outlining Morrison's Life and Career