[Sci-tech-public] Fwd: Philip Morrison

[hugh gusterson]

One of the giant figures of MIT, Philip Morrison, has passed away.  For 
those of you who knew him, see more below.

Hugh Gusterson


>From: hugh gusterson <guster at mit.edu>
>Subject: Fwd: Philip Morrison
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>>To: "forsberg at idds.orgjosh cohen" <jcohen at MIT.EDU>,
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>>Subject: Philip Morrison
>>Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:12:57 -0400
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>>Dear IDDS Board and Staff and Mass Violence Colleagues,
>>
>>I am sad to tell you that Philip Morrison died on Friday. I am attaching 
>>below the brief note I received from Phil's stepson Bert Singer and 
>>Bert's wife Angela this past weekend.
>>
>>Phil was one of the founding members of the IDDS Board of Directors 
>>(along with Judith Reppy and Hayward Alker). I have known him since I 
>>began grad school at MIT in 1974; we met at a faculty dinner to talk 
>>about what Harvard/MIT faculty could do about the arms race and military 
>>spending. That meeting led to the creation of the Boston Study Group, 
>>which together wrote The Price of Defense (re-issued as Winding Down), 
>>for which Phil was the main author and Phylis Morrison the illustrator, 
>>over the period 1975-1979.
>>
>>I shared with Phil and Phylis (who passed away two years ago) not only 
>>commitment to peace, public education, and activism, but also a love for 
>>cosmology and anthropology (especially the origins and evolution of homo 
>>sapiens and of language). We exchanged lists of new books and articles on 
>>these topics to buy or borrow. Realizing what a renaissance man Phil was 
>>-- with his 50 years of writing book reviews for Scientific American 
>>covering all fields of natural and social science -- I once asked why the 
>>rest of us generally stop learning outside our own fields after we leave 
>>college. Of course, he and Phylis said, no one has to. Little by little, 
>>over the years, I had the courage to follow upon that idea, reading and 
>>studying more broadly.
>>
>>Phil was one of my close friends, a source of hope, stamina, and 
>>affection personally, and guidance and support for IDDS, and I will miss 
>>him enormously.
>>
>>Best,
>>Randy
>>
>>
>>Dear friends,
>>It is with great sadness that we have to tell you Phil Morrison quietly 
>>passed away on Friday, April 22, 2005 at home.
>>Next Saturday, the 30th of April, from noon to 5PM his home will be open 
>>to you to share in remembering him.
>>In due time, a celebration will be held at MIT in his honor.
>>Angela Kimberk & Bert Singer
>>bertsinger at aol.com
>>
>>Message sent to:
>>IDDS Board and staff: josh cohen <jcohen at mit.edu>, Jonathan Dean 
>><jdean at ucsusa.org>, Judith Reppy <jvr2 at cornell.edu>, Bruce Cumings 
>><rufus88 at uchicago.edu>, Matt Evangelista <mae10 at cornell.edu>, Natalie 
>>Goldring <merrigold at erols.com>, Robert Legvold <rhl1 at columbia.edu>, Alex 
>>Brown <abrown at igc.org>, Ann Lakhdhir <lakhdhir at snet.net>, doug thacher 
>><thacher at idds.org>, courtney stewart <stewart at idds.org>, matt hoey 
>><hoey at idds.org>
>>
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