Background
Henry, Hugh Fort was born on April 25, 1916 in Emory, Virginia, United States. Son of Howell Meadors and Addie Amanda (Fort) Henry.
Henry, Hugh Fort was born on April 25, 1916 in Emory, Virginia, United States. Son of Howell Meadors and Addie Amanda (Fort) Henry.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Science, Emory and Henry College, 1936. Master of Science in Physics, University Virginia, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 194O.
Head department physics and mathematics College of Ozarks, Clarksville, Arkansas, 1940-1941. Associate professor physics University Georgia, 1941-1949. Head safety fire and radiation control department Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion plant Union Carbide Nuclear Company, 1949-1961.
Professor physics, head department DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1961-1981, emeritus professor physics, since 1981. President board directors Central States Universities, 1967. Vice chairman committee N-13, radiation protection United States of America Standards Institute, since 1956, chairman subcommittee N-7.3, since 1956, member subcommittee N-7.2 and N-6.8, since 1956.
Organizer directors course nuclear safety fissionable materials users Atomic Energy Commission, 1957, 59. United States delegate technical committee 85 International Standards Organization, 1958, 60, 65. Research with National Radiological Protection Board, Harwell, England, 1975-1976, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, 1975-1976.
Member American Physical Society (treasurer Southeastern section 1947-1950), American Association Physics Teachers (president Indiana section 1972-1973), American Nuclear Society, Health Physics Society (president Hoosier section 1981-1982), Optical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Elks, Rotarian (president 1967-1968), Sigma Xi.
Married Emmaline Rust, August 22, 1942. Children– Hugh Littell, Margaret Henry Rati, Howell George, Harold William.