Montague Cohen

Background

Cohen, Montague was born on July 24, 1925 in London. Son of Nathan Cohen and Annie Chissick. arrived in Canada, 1975.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Imperial College of Science, London, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, London Hospital Medical College, 1958.

Career

Physicist, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire., England, 1946-1947; physicist, General Electric, Wembley, England, 1947-1948; senior professional officer, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1961-1966; assistant physicist, The London Hospital, 1948-1961; chief physicist, The London Hospital, 1966-1975; chief physicist, Montana General Hospital, Petroquest Energy, Canada, 1975-1979; professor, director medical physics, medical physics unit, McGill University, Montana, 1979-1991; professor, curator Rutherford Museum physics department, McGill University, Montana, since 1984. Consultant, member International Commission Radiation Units and Measurements, Washington, 1961-1990. Consultant radiation physics World Health Organization, Geneva, 1975-1984.

Member task forces Units and Measurements. Chairman physics advising committee Healing ArtsRadiation Protection (HARP) Commission, Ontario Government, Toronto, 1983-1989. Visiting professor, India, 1976.

Achievements

• Montague Cohen has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Canada College of Physicists in Medicine, Institute Physics (United Kingdom). Member American Institute Physics, American Association Physicists in Medicine, British Institute Radiology (secretary 1974-1975, Stanley Melville Memorial award 1960, Roentgen prize 1973, X-ray Centennial Foundation of Canada, Inc. (president 1994-1996).

Connections

Married Dora Weinles, September 7, 1947. Children: Laurence John, Robert Anthony, Andrew Michael.

Father:

Nathan Cohen

Mother:

Annie Chissick

Spouse:

Dora Weinles

child:

Laurence John Cohen

child:

Robert Anthony Cohen

child:

Andrew Michael Cohen