Andruss Library Science/Health Science Info

Health Physics Donation

This past December, Katie Yelinek, Government Documents Librarian, Dr. David Simpson, Physics Dept., and I all had the privilege of meeting Mr. Sydney Porter, an important pioneer in the Health Physics field. Mr. Porter had contacted Dr. Simpson with the intention of donating a large portion of his personal library to Bloomsburg University. The three of us were able to transport approximately 27 boxes of materials from Mr. Porter’s office in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, to the Library. A list of the materials has been created, and the materials will eventually be housed either in the Library or in the Physics Dept.

The acquisition of the important historical and foundational materials not only will be of tremendous value to students in the Health Physics program here at BU (the only baccalaureate degree program in health physics in Pennsylvania), but also will serve to make the program more visible to the health physics community, a fact that will also help our students in the long term. Dr. Simpson has reported that employees of the Pennsylvania Division of Radiation Control have already contacted him in order to use some of the materials.

posted by Linda @ 4:44 PM