Paul Todd Radiation Research Collection
This collection houses scholarly papers by well-known radiation researchers, and reports of numerous radiation research projects documenting the development of the field. Also included are Dr. Todd's Biophysics class notes.
Dates
- 1959-1987
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Conditions Governing Use
The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
3 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses journal articles, scholarly papers by well-known radiation researchers, and reports of numerous radiation research projects documenting the development of the field. Also included are Dr. Todd's Biophysics class notes.
Biographical/Historical Note
Paul Wilson Todd was born in Bangor, Maine on June 15, 1936. He earned both his BA (from Bowdoin College) and his BS (from MIT) in 1959, his MS from the University of Rochester in 1960, and his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 1964. During his professional career, he taught at Berkeley (1964-1966), Pennsylvania State University (1966-1986), and the University of Colorado (1990-), directed the Bioprocessing & Pharmaceutical Research Center in Philadelphia (1984-1987), performed research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (1988-1991), and directed the BioServe Space Technology Research Center (1994-).
Todd published a number of works during his career, including Space Radiation Biology (1973), Frontiers in Bioprocessing (1989), Gravity and the Cell (1991), and Cell Separation Science and Technology (1991). He has also received a number of awards, including the Radiological Physics Fellowship from the Atomic Energy Commission (1959), the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellowship from the American Cancer Society (1967), the Fogarty International Fellowship from the National Institutes of Heath in Moscow (1979), the Yamagiwa-Yoshida Fellowship from the International Union Against Cancer in Sweden (1979) and the Technical Briefs Recognition Award from NASA (1996).
Arrangement
Collection consists of three boxes.
Acquisition Note
Paul Todd donated these papers to the Special Collections Library in 1988.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository