Mortimer Erving Morton

Background

Morton, Mortimer Erving was born on July 24, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Ernest and Beatrice Gertrude (Becher) Morton.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1940; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1942; Doctor of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1945.

Career

Chief radioisotope unit, Veterans Administration Hospital., Van Nuys, California, 1948-1950; chief radioisotope unit, Veterans Administration Hospital., Long Beach, California, 1950-1955; practice medicine specializing in nuclear medicine, California, since 1955; associate professor nuclear medicine, University of California, Irvine, 1970-1979; professor, University of California, Irvine, since 1979; director nuclear medicine, Medical Center Garden Grove, California, since 1983. Associate professor biophysics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948-1955.

Achievements

• Mortimer Erving Morton has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Nuclear Medicine. Member Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Helene Steinberg, June 12, 1965. 1 child, Julia Diane.

Father:

Ernest Morton

Mother:

Beatrice Gertrude (Becher) Morton

Spouse:

Helene Steinberg

child:

Julia Diane Morton