Background
Sanders, Aaron Perry was born on January 12, 1924 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of DeWitt and Ruth (Perry) Sanders.
Sanders, Aaron Perry was born on January 12, 1924 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of DeWitt and Ruth (Perry) Sanders.
Bachelor of Science, University Texas, El Paso, 1950. Master of Science (Atomic Energy Commission fellow), University Rochester, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1964.
Baggage clerk, ticket agent, Greyhound Bus Lines, Phoenix, 1942;
dispatcher, ticket agent, Greyhound Bus Lines, El Paso, Texas, 1946-1950;
associate health physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1951-1953;
instructor physics, radiological safety officer, North Carolina State College, 1953;
instructor radiology, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1953-1956;
director radiosotope laboratory, Duke Medical Center, 1953-1965;
associate in radiology, Duke Medical Center, 1956-1957;
assistant professor, Duke Medical Center, 1957-1964;
associate professor, Duke Medical Center, 1964-1965;
associate professor, director division radiobiology, Duke Medical Center, 1965-1970;
professor, director division radiobiology, Duke Medical Center, 1970-1983;
professor emeritus, Duke Medical Center, since 1983;
chairman biomedical Physics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1984-1986. Fulbright senior lecturer radiological physics, Argentina, 1958-1959. Consultant North Carolina Board Health, 1961-1976.
Member North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission, 1976-1983, chairman, 1978-1979.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Physicists in Medicine, American Association of University Professors, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Health Physics Society, Society Nuclear Medicine, Biophysics Society, Radiation Research Society, Undersea Med Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Betty Mae Gelein, August 11, 1944 (divorced). Children: Merle Sanders Ireland, Julie Sanders Carpenter, James DeWitt. Married Georgia Anne Bullock, November 26, 1972 (divorced).
1 child, Kai Marie; married Vallie E. Flint.