Re: the term "health physics"

["Ron L. Kathren" <rkathren@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>]

Absolutely not -- KZ did not coin the term, which predated his arrival 
into the fledgling health physics group at Oak Ridge.  

Ron Kathren

On Fri, 5 May 1995, Michael D. Soucie wrote:

> Melissa
> 
> I was told back in 1980 that Karl Zeigler Morgan coined the term "Health
> Physicist".  The story goes that he was in a room with a group of physicists
> which were to begin/continue work on two seperate projects.  The physicists
> knew who they were but he needed a name for the people working in relation
> to biological effects of radiation.  HP folklore has it that he said
> something akin to "Alright, you physicists go to location X, and you
> ..er..ah...health physicists come with me".
> 
> Can anyone prove or disprove this story?
> 
> I'm curious myself.
> 
> Standard disclaimers apply.
> 
> 
> Michael Soucie
> Asst. Health Physicist
> Princeton University
>