Philip Morrison
Professor
Philip Morrison was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics, high energy astrophysics,... Wikipedia
Born: November 7, 1915, Somerville, NJ
Died: April 22, 2005 (age 89 years), Cambridge, MA
Education: University of California, Berkeley (1940) and College of Engineering
Movies: Powers of Ten and SX-70
Notable student: Hugh E. Dewitt
Spouse: Phylis Hagen Singer (m. 1965–2002) and Emily Kramer (m. 1938–1961)