Background
Morfitt, John Winslow was born on July 4, 1920 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Henry and Gertrude (Winslow) Morfitt.
Morfitt, John Winslow was born on July 4, 1920 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Henry and Gertrude (Winslow) Morfitt.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Tennessee, 1953.
Chemical engineer, supervisor, Carbon and Carbide Chemical Company, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1943-1946, 52-55; nuclear criticality experimentalist, Carbon and Carbide Chemical Company, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1946-1952; manager nuclear engineering, General Electric Company, Cincinnati and Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1955-1967; manager project engineering, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, 1967-1976; laboratory manager, chief scientist, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer, Idaho Falls, since 1976. Nuclear criticality consultant Department Energy, Oak Ridge and Poartsmouth, Ohio, since 1955.
Board directors United Way, Idaho Falls, 1969-1975, president 1975. Board directors Head Start Program, Idaho Falls, 1978-1983. Chairman of trustees Presbyterian Church Synod of Pacific, San Francisco, 1974-1980.
Fellow American Nuclear Society (board directors 1972-1975). Member American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Nan Hale, February 1, 1947. Children: Carolyn E., Susan L., Craig W.