Allan James Morton

Background

Morton, Allan James was born on April 11, 1939 in Sydney. Son of Clarke James and Edna Muriel (Nelson) Morton.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, U. New South Wales, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, U. New South Wales, 1964.

Career

Assistant professor, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1965; research scientist, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia, 1965-1969; senior research scientist, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia, 1969-1978; principal research scientist, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia, 1979-1989; manager alloys Research and Development, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia, 1989-1997; deputy chief, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia, since 1997. Senior visiting fellow University of Oxford, 1981-1982. Visiting scientist LTPCM, Grenoble, 1987.

Achievements

• Allan James Morton has been listed as a notable Research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Committee for Electron Microscopy, 1986-1994. Committee member vacuum metallurgy division I.U.V.S.T.A., since 1994. Member Institute Metal and Materials, Australian Society for Electron Microscopy, Australian Vacuum Society, Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, American Society for Metals.

Connections

Married Barbara Helen Keggen, May 20, 1961. Children: Belinda, Craig, Gavin.

Father:

Clarke James Morton

Mother:

Edna Muriel (Nelson) Morton

Spouse:

Barbara Helen Keggen

child:

Craig Morton

child:

Gavin Morton

child:

Belinda Morton