Gofman, John W.
Oral history interview with John W. Gofman, 1980 24 July to 8 August.
Interview was part of a series of interviews recorded during 1979 and 1980 with individuals associated with the Donner and Crocker laboratories. In this interview, John W. Gofman discusses medical research and radiation politics. Topics discussed include: family background and early education; Oberlin College B.A., 1939; University of Michigan Summer School; Western Reserve Medical School; wartime work. To University of California, Berkeley, Department of Chemistry (Glenn Seaborg, E. O. Lawrence), Ph.D., 1943; medical school at University of California, San Francisco, 1943-1946. Donner Laboratory; early research; Atomic Energy Commission support. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1954-1957; radiation effects research; Director, Medical Department; Committee for Nuclear Responsibility; early retirement. Professor of medical physics at Berkeley, 1954-1974. Donner Laboratory administration and academic positions.
Born 1918.
Gofman, John W.
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958.
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Medical Department.
Oberlin College.
University of California, Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemistry.
University of Michigan.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Research grants.
Medical physics.
Radiation -- Research.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.
Oral histories. aat
Interviews. aat
Transcripts. aat
Crocker Nuclear Laboratory.
Donner Laboratory.
University of California, San Francisco, Medical.
Western Reserve Medical School, Students.
Hughes, Sally Smith, interviewer.
Medical Physics oral history series.
History of science and technology collection.
AIP-ICOS
University of California, Berkeley. The Bancroft Library. Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA