Austin Moore Brues (April 25, 1906 – February 27, 1991) was an American pioneer of radiation biology.
Austin M. Brues | |
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| Born | Austin Moore Brues April 25, 1906 |
| Died | February 27, 1991 (aged 84) Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Spouse |
Mildred Paulina Carter
(m. 1930) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Radiobiology |
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Biography edit
Austin Moore Brues was born April 25, 1906, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was educated at the Roxbury Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2] Brues attended Harvard College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1926. He then studied at Harvard Medical School, receiving an M.D. in 1930.[1] That same year he married Mildred Carter and began working as an assistant professor at Harvard, becoming an associate professor in 1936.[3][1]
From 1944 to 1946 Brues was senior biologist at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago, part of the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb.[1][4] In 1945 he signed the Szilárd petition, calling on President Truman to make public the full terms of Japan's surrender before dropping the atomic bomb.[5]
In 1945, Brues also became a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, a position he held until his retirement in 1979, when he was appointed professor emeritus.[5] In 1946 Brues became a member of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission studying the effects of radiation on the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.[4] From 1946 until 1971 Brues was the senior biologist at Argonne National Laboratory.[6] Brues was the president of the Radiation Research Society between 1955 and 1956.[5]
Brues died February 27, 1991, at his home in Hinsdale, Illinois, from Alzheimer's disease.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Sinclair, Warren K. (1995). "Austin M. Brues". Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. 106. American Clinical and Climatological Association: xli–xlii. PMC 2376513.
- ^ "13 Diplomas at Roxbury Latin". The Boston Globe. June 16, 1922. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Mildred Carter Weds Austin M. Brues". The Boston Globe. June 2, 1930. p. 3.
- ^ a b "Radiation Expert Austin Brues". Chicago Tribune. March 6, 1991.
- ^ a b c "Austin M. Brues". Atomic Heritage Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "Austin M. Brues, 85, A Radiation Biologist". New York Times. March 6, 1991. Retrieved August 2, 2023.