Background
Tedford, Charles Franklin was born on June 26, 1928 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Charles E. and Loula B. (Waters) Tedford.
Tedford, Charles Franklin was born on June 26, 1928 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Charles E. and Loula B. (Waters) Tedford.
Bachelor of Science with distinction in Chemistry, Southwest Texas State University, 1950. Master of Science, 1954. Postgraduate in radiobiology, Reed College, 1957.
Postgraduate in biophysics, University California, Berkeley, 1961—1963.
With United States Navy, 1945—1947. Commissioned ensign., 1950. Advanced through grades to captain, 1968.
Biochemist United States Naval Hospital, San Diego, 1953—1954, United States Naval Biological Laboratory, Oakland, 1954—1956. Senior instructor, radiation safety officer Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare Defense School, Treasure Island, 1956—1961. Assistant chief nuclear medicine division Navy Medical School, Bethesda, Maryland, 1963—1966.
Administrative program manager radiation safety branch Bureau Medicine and Surgery, Washington, 1966—1972. Director radiation safety and health physics program Navy Regional Medical Center, San Diego, 1972—1974. Manager Navy Regional Medical Clinic, Seattle, 1974—1978.
Retired, 1978; director radiation health unit Georgia Department Human Resources, Atlanta, 1978—1979. Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency, Tempe, 1979—1991. Chief Radiological Health Progressive, Juneau, Alaska, 1991—1993.
Retired, 1993; consultant, since 1993. Elected chairman Conference Radiation Program Directors, 1987.
Member of American Nuclear Society, Health Physics Society.
Married Julie Reme Sauret, September 15, 1951. Children: Gary Franklin, Mark Charles, Philip John.