Gordon, Morton, 1924-2012
Oral history interview with Morton Gordon, 2010 September 25.
Dr. Morton Gordon, Professor Emeritus, talks about how he first arrived at Michigan State University Physics Department in 1959 and describes the various building construction projects that occurred during the early period leading up to the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). He comments on the political and economic climate of the 1960s and how this affected science funding and initiatives.
Morton Gordon was a physicist whose research included acceleratory theory and super conducting cyclotron design. He received a PhD in Physics from Washington University (St. Louis), spent almost 40 years as a Professor of Physics at Michigan State University, and worked in the early days leading up to the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory.
Gordon, Morton, 1924-2012
Michigan State University
Michigan State University. Cyclotron Laboratory
Michigan State University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (U.S.)
Cyclotrons
Laboratories -- Administration.
Laboratories -- Design and construction.
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Kao, Philip., interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA