George Ashmun Morton

Background

Morton, George Ashmun was born on March 24, 1903 in New Hartford, New York, United States. Son of Walter Hedden and Laura Savage (Johnson) Morton.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1926. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1932.

Career

Research trainee, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, 1926-1927; research assistant and instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1927-1933; with research department, Radio Corporation of America, Camden and Princeton, New Jersey, 1933-1968; consultant, Radio Corporation of America, Princeton, 1968-1970; consultant, Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, since 1970.

Achievements

• George Ashmun Morton has been listed as a noteworthy Laboratory consultant, electronics researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Am Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Nuclear and Plasma Society award 1974). Member Sigma Xi. Lodges: Kiwanis.

Interests

• Avocations: lapidary, painting, computers.

Connections

Married Lucy Groat, September 15, 1934. Children: Walter, George, Grace, Lewis.

Father:

Walter Hedden Morton

Mother:

Laura Savage (Johnson) Morton

Spouse:

Lucy Groat

child:

Walter Morton

child:

Grace Morton

child:

Lewis Morton

child:

George Morton