Peter Reed Morrison Explained

Peter Reed Morrison (11 November 1919, Washington, DC – 22 March 2019) was a professor of animal physiology[1] and a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1954–1955.[2]

Early life

Morrison graduated in 1940 with a B.S. from Swarthmore College and graduated in 1947 with a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He became a physiology and biology professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3] Peter was also a professor of zoophysiology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) from 1963 to 1974. Since then, he retired as professor emeritus. He was also the director of UAF's Institute of Arctic Biology from 1966 to 1974.[4]

Selected publications

Patents

References

  1. Web site: Faculty and Emeriti, Emerita names beginning with "M". 2010-2011 UAF Academic Catalog, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
  2. Web site: Peter R. Morrison. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  3. Book: Hannon, John P.. Viereck, Eleanor Grace. Proceedings : Symposia on Arctic Biology and Medicine: I. Neural Aspects of Temperature Regulation. v. Biographical Notes on Authors. https://books.google.com/books?id=WIIMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR5. 1961. Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory.
  4. Web site: History of IAB. Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB), University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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