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