Background
Morgan, Karl Ziegler was born on September 27, 1907 in Enochsville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jacob Levi and Elizabeth Virginia Clay (Shoup) Morgan.
Morgan, Karl Ziegler was born on September 27, 1907 in Enochsville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jacob Levi and Elizabeth Virginia Clay (Shoup) Morgan.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1929. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1934.
Chairman physics department, Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1934-1943;
researcher, University of Chicago-Manhattan Project, 1943;
director health physics division, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1944-1972;
visiting lecturer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1958-1972;
visiting lecturer, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1965-1972;
professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1972-1983;
professor, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 1983-1986;
health physicist consultant, Atlanta, since 1986. Commission member International Commision on Radiological Protection, London, 1950-1970. Member National Council on Radiation Protection, Washington, 1950-1970.
1st president Health Physics Society, Washington, 1956, International Radiation Protection Association, Oak Ridge, 1968.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society, Radiation Research Society, American Physical Society, International Radiation Protection Association (first president 1968), Fachverband fur Strahlenschutz, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Helen Lee McCoy, August 2, 1936. Children: Karl Ziegler Junior, Eric Lee, Joan Elen, Diana.