Elda Emma Anderson | |
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 Elda Emma Anderson, physicist and health researcher | |
| Born | October 5, 1899 |
| Died | April 17, 1961 (aged 61) Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Ripon College University of Wisconsin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Estherville Junior College Milwaukee-Downer College Los Alamos Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Thesis | Low energy levels in the atomic spectra Co VII and Ni VIII (1941) |
Elda Emma Anderson (October 5, 1899 – April 17, 1961) was an American physicist and health researcher. During World War II, she worked on the Manhattan Project at Princeton University and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she prepared the first sample of pure uranium-235 at the laboratory. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, she became professor of physics at Milwaukee-Downer College in 1929. After the war, she became interested in health physics. She worked in the Health Physics Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and established the professional certification agency known as the American Board of Health Physics.