Background
Morton, Roy Jay was born on May 4, 1897 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Erasmus Mack and Elizabeth (Walton) Morton.
Morton, Roy Jay was born on May 4, 1897 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Erasmus Mack and Elizabeth (Walton) Morton.
Bachelor, Elon College, 1920. Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University North Carolina, 1923. Master of Science, Harvard University, 1926.
Assistant sanitary engineer, Tennessee Department Public Health, Nashville, 1923-1928; director division sanitary engineering, Tennessee Department Public Health, Nashville, 1928-1936; associate professor sanitary engineering public health, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1936-1948; leader radioactive waste Research and Development section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1948-1954; associate chief waste disposal research and engineering section, 1954-1962; san engineer, Atomic Energy Commission, from 1962. Special consultant division radiological health United States Public Health Service, from 1963. Consultant san engineering projects Tennessee Department Public Health, 1936-1948, health and safety division Tennessee Valley Authority,1940-1948, Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board, 1945-1948.
Fellow American Public Health Association (executive board from 1951, chairman executive board 1952-1956, president 1957-1958). Member American Society of Civil Engineers (executive committee sanitary engineering division 1952-1957, chairman 1955-1956, president Tennessee Valley section 1955), American Water Works Association, Federation Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association, Tennessee Academy of Sciences, Engineering Association Nashville, Acacia, Rotary Club, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Delta Omega.
Married Will Hall Gillespie, September 22, 1932 (deceased July 1959). Children: Roy Jay, John. Married second. Margaret McNutt Hicks, September 17, 1960.