Warren, Stafford L. (Stafford Leak), 1896-1981
Person
Biography
Stafford Leak Warren (1896-1981) was an American physician and radiologist who served as Chief of the Medical Section of the Manhattan Engineer District and, in 1946, as Chief of the Radiological Safety Section for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll. Born in Maxwell City, New Mexico, he trained at UC Berkeley and UCSF and taught radiology at the University of Rochester before Leslie Groves selected him for the Manhattan Project in 1943. He took part in the Trinity test and led and participated in a survey team to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war he was dean of the UCLA School of Medicine (1947-1962) and received the Atomic Energy Commission's Enrico Fermi Award in 1971.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
William Burton Papers
Collection — Box AR00097
Identifier: 000096
Abstract
The William Burton Papers document Dr. Burton’s participation in the Radiological Safety Section during the 1946 atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and his subsequent presentation and documentation of the medical and radiological effects of atomic weapons. The collection consists primarily of handwritten notes, typescripts, and glass slides of photographs, graphs, and diagrams relating to radiation detection and measurement, atomic bomb testing, radiation injuries, and the effects of ionizing...
Dates:
1946