Background
Morrison, George Chalmers was born on May 14, 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Donald Crerar and Annie Sibbald (Johnston) Morrison.
Morrison, George Chalmers was born on May 14, 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Donald Crerar and Annie Sibbald (Johnston) Morrison.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Glasgow University, Scotland, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Glasgow University, Scotland, 1957.
Research fellow, AERE, Harwell, Oxford, England, 1954-1957;
principal science officer, AERE, Harwell, Oxford, 1961-1965;
research associate, University of Chicago, 1957-1960;
research scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, 1965-1973;
visiting scientist, Center for Educational Affairs, Saclay, Paris, 1971-1972;
professor nuclear structure, U. Birmingham, England, since 1973;
deputy dean, Faculty of Science, Birmingham, 1985-1988;
dean, Faculty of Science, Birmingham, 1988-1991;
head, School of Physics & Space Research, Birmingham, since 1990. Delegate, individual ordinary member European Physical Society Council, since 1991, Executive Committee, since 1993. Member nuclear structure committee, 1974-1978, 82-86, 91-92, chairman, since 1992, nuclear physics board, 1984-1987, physics committee, 1984-1987, SERC, Swindon, England.
Member working group on nuclear physics European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France, 1981-1984.
Fellow Institute of Physics, American Physical Society. Member European Physical Society (board nuclear physics division since 1984).
Married Prudence Knowers, October 7, 1961. Children: Leslie, Vanessa, Nicola.