Interview with Dr. William Graydon Harker, Downwinders of Utah Archive, August 23, 2019. Includes edits by interviewee.

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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
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