Newton Ennis Morton was an American population geneticist and one of the founders of the field of genetic epidemiology.
17 Facts About Newton Morton
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Newton Morton lost enthusiasm for entomology, so instead he decided to pursue a career in genetics after being inspired by Dobzhansky's book, Genetics and the Origin of Species.
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Newton Morton earned a PhD in genetics from the University of Wisconsin in 1955.
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Newton Morton's career began in Japan, working on the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission.
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Newton Morton researched the effect of exposure to atomic bombs, including the effect on first-generation offspring.
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Newton Morton published papers on the linkage of blood groups with diseases, nonrandomness of consanguineous marriage and the inheritance of human birth weight.
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Newton Morton worked at the university, first as an assistant professor in 1956, later becoming an associate professor in 1960 for two years.
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At the university, Newton Morton conducted a study of over 180,000 births.
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In 1962, Newton Morton won the William Allan Award for his contribution in the field of human genetics.
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Newton Morton was appointed director of the facility and stayed there for 21 years.
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Newton Morton left Hawaii in 1985 and spent two years at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City as the head of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
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In 1988, Newton Morton acquired a position as professor and director of the Cancer Research Campaign Research Group in Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Southampton.
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Newton Morton was a Senior Professional Fellow in Human Genetics from 1995 until 2011.
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Newton Morton retired from the University of Southampton in April 2011 due to age and Alzheimer's-related health problems.
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Newton Morton was married to his second wife, Professor Patricia Jacobs, for over 40 years.
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Newton Morton has five children and seven grandchildren with his first wife.
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Newton Morton died on 7 February 2018 at the age of 88.