Lauriston S. Taylor

Lauriston Sale Taylor

Lauriston S. Taylor
Born (1902-06-01)1 June 1902
Brooklyn, New York
Died 26 November 2004(2004-11-26) (aged 102)
Mitchellville, Maryland
Fields Physicist,
Radiation research scientist
Institutions Bell Laboratories
Memorial Hospital (New York City, New York)
National Bureau of Standards
Alma mater Stevens Institute
Cornell University

Lauriston S. Taylor (1 June 1902 – 26 November 2004) was an American physicist known for his work in the field of radiation protection and measurement.

Career

He established standards for X-ray radiation exposure for the first time in the 1920s, which eventually led to a group of government organizations that set the standards over the next 50 years. Taylor remained active in debates about radiation exposure into his 80s, often advocating the viewpoint that small doses of radiation were not important.

Accolades

He served as president of the Health Physics Society (HPS) from 1958 to 1959. He was a recipient of the Medal of Freedom, and the Presidential Bronze Star (then the highest military award that could be given to a civilian).[1]

Vignettes of early radiation workers

In 1977 the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiated a series of 25 recorded interviews with early radiation workers 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.[2]

Interview subjects

References

  1. Health Physics Society, In Memoriam: Lauriston S. Taylor. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. Taylor, Lauriston S. (Lauriston Sale); Sauer, Kelly G; Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.) (1984), Vignettes of early radiation workers : transcripts of the videotape series, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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