Martin D. Whitaker

Martin D. Whitaker
Whitaker (right) with Arthur Compton in 1946
Born	(1902-06-29)June 29, 1902 Ellenboro, North Carolina
Died	August 31, 1960(1960-08-31) (aged 58) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wake Forest University University of North Carolina New York University
Scientific career
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	New York University Clinton Laboratories Lehigh University
Thesis	Absorption and scattering of neutrons  (1935)

Martin Dewey Whitaker (June 29, 1902 – August 31, 1960) was an American physicist who was the first director of the Clinton Laboratories (now the Oak Ridge National Laboratory) during World War II. He served as president of Lehigh University from 1946 until his death in 1960.