| Title |
Interview with Dr. William Graydon Harker, Downwinders of Utah Archive, August 23, 2019. Includes edits by interviewee. |
| Creator |
Harker, Dr. William Graydon |
| Contributor |
Sorensen, Justin |
| Date |
2019-08-23 |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons Testing; Nuclear weapons--United States--Testing; Nuclear weapons testing victims; Nuclear weapons--United States--Testing; Radioactive fallout; Oncologists |
| Description |
Transcript (11 pages) of an interview conducted by Justin Sorensen at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah in Salt Lake City on August 23, 2019. Dr. Harker was Chief of Oncology at the VA Hospital. He discusses a pattern of veterans from southern Utah being diagnosed with cancer. Harker mentions that Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia was one of the forms of cancer that he thought should have been included on the list of cancers that was eligible for compensation from Downwinders. Harker also discusses his background growing up in Shelley, Idaho, and his father's job working for the Atomic Energy Commission. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
11 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s60p5s52 |
| Setname |
uum_dua |
| ID |
1470938 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60p5s52 |
