Milton Burton (March 4, 1902 – November 10, 1985) was an American chemist, a pioneer in the field of radiation chemistry and radiobiology.
[1] He founded the Radiation Laboratory at University of Notre Dame in 1949 and served as its director from 1963 to 1971.
He took part in the Manhattan Project between 1942 and 1943 while working at the Metallurgical Laboratory, at the time headed by Arthur Compton, at the University of Chicago.
[7] He joined the faculty of the department of chemistry at University of Notre Dame in 1945 and remained until his retirement in 1971.
Burton helped found the Radiation Research Society in 1952 as the most influential representative on the chemistry side.