Milton E. Wadsworth photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1795

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Milton E. Wadsworth photograph collection consist of 1 box containing color negatives and prints depicting Milton Wadsworth and colleagues at work events and conferences and photographs of a cold fusion experiment in an unidentified lab. The collection also contains black-and-white slides used in a presentation.

Dates

1980-1995

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical / Historical

Milton Elliot Wadsworth was born on February 9, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Agnes Flockhart and Thomas Guy Wadsworth. He attended Lowell Elementary, Roosevelt Junior High, and East High School. Wadsworth began attending the University of Utah in 1939. While there, he met Mirian Bailey. After the United States entered World War II, both Mirian Bailey and Milton Wadsworth joined the United States military, and were the first couple married in uniform at the Fort Douglas Chapel in 1943; together, they had six children.

After leaving the United States Army, Wadsworth returned to college, graduating with a B.S. in 1948 and a Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering in 1951. Wadsworth then joined the University of Utah as an Associate Professor; he spent the majority of his career at the University of Utah. In 1968, the Ford Foundation invited Wadsworth to establish a graduate program in metallurgy at the University of the Philippines; the Wadsworth family lived in Manila for two years, during which time they traveled extensively throughout Asia. In addition to his work teaching, Wadsworth's research interests included mineral processing, flotation, and hydrometallurgy. In 1963, with Franklin T. Davis, Wadsworth organized the first International Hydrometallurgy Symposium held in Dallas, Texas.

At the University of Utah, Wadsworth served twice as chair of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, as well as director of the Utah Mining and Minerals Research Institute and dean of the College of Mines and Earth Sciences. He received the University’s Distinguished Research Award, Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Rosenblatt Prize. He served as President of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers and was a member of the American Society of Metals. In 1993, he was honored at the fourth International Symposium on Hydrometallurgy held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Milton E. Wadsworth died on January 31, 2013.

Source: Hiskey, J. and G. Warren. (2016) Milton E. Wadsworth 1922-2013. Memorial Tributes (vol. 20). National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 archives box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Milton E. Wadsworth was a professor of metallurgy at the University of Utah. This collection contains colored photographs and transparencies of Wadsworth at various work events with coworkers in the 1980s and early 1990s.