Philip Morrison
- Born: November 7, 1915 (Somerville, New Jersey)
- Died: April 22, 2005 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Education
- 1936: BS, Carnegie Institute of Technology
- 1940: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Theoretical Physics)
Major Positions
- 1941–1941: San Francisco State College, Instructor in Physics
- 1941–1942: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Instructor in Physics
- 1943–1944: Manhattan Project, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Researcher
- 1944–1946: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Physicist and Group Leader
- 1946–1965: Cornell University, Associate Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1965–1976: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1976–1986: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Professor
- 1986–2005: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Professor Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1945–1945: Manhattan Project, Tinian Island, Co-Leader, Pit Team
- 1947–1949: Federation of American Scientists, President
- 1972–1976: Federation of American Scientists, Chair
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1977–1979: Member, Council, American Astronomical Society
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Oral History Interviews
- 1967: Available Online
- 2002: Available Online
- 2003: Available Online
Published Resources
Leo Sartori and Kosta Tsipis, "Philip Morrison: 1915-2005", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
