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Title: Roy G. Post Papers, 1944-1984
Identifier/Call Number: 2008.019.r
Contributing Institution:
Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1944-1984
Abstract: This is a small collection of papers from Roy G. Post that covers his work in the atomic energy industry.
creator:
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993
creator:
Post, Roy , (Roy Grayson), 1923-2007
[identify item], Roy G. Post Papers, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Chapman University, CA.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material.
Roy G. Post papers pertains to the early years of the Atomic Energy Commission. The ephemera consists of various documents,
pamphlets, reports, and documents relating to nuclear energy and nuclear waste hazards that Mr. Post collected. It also contains
a small amount of ephemera pertaining to Chicago Pile 1 (CP1). There is a slight amount of personally authored correspondence
and copies of three speeches on radioactive waste by Mr. Post.
Born in Asherton, Texas in 1923 and raised in Edinburg, Texas, Roy Grayson Post was the fourth of five children born to Ruth
Grisham Post and Albert Kendall Post. He married Kate Jordan (Becky) in 1946. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in
1944, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1952 from the University of Texas. In the interim of these degrees, he served during WWII
as a member of the Manhattan Project in Chicago. Dr. Post dedicated his professional life to applied research and later to
teaching in the field of nuclear engineering and nuclear waste management. He was an engineer at General Electric Co. in Richland,
Washington starting in 1952, and in 1956 moved to Texas Instruments in Richardson, Texas. In 1961 he joined the faculty of
the University of Arizona as Professor of Nuclear Engineering, where he continued until becoming professor emeritus in 1988.
He authored over 100 publications in the field of nuclear engineering, as well as edited books on nuclear fuel reprocessing
and radioactive waste management. He served as editor of the journal Nuclear Technology from 1969 until 1988. He was founding
chief executive of the Waste Management Symposia, Inc, sponsor of the annual international Waste Management conference held
in Tucson, AZ from 1973 until 2007. Roy Grayson Post passed away peacefully July 23, 2007 in Tucson, AZ after a hard fought
battle with cancer.
The Roy G. Post Foundation is a non-profit corporation formed by his students, peers and protégés to provide scholarships
to students to develop careers in the safe management of nuclear materials and to participate in the annual Waste Management
Symposium.
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Roy and Becky Post.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manhattan Project (U. S.) -- History
Nuclear energy -- History
Nuclear power plants