Morris Kolodney

Kolodney, Morris
Sept. 24, 1911 - Nov. 29, 2009

Morris Kolodney, Ph.D., 98, of Sarasota, formerly of River Edge, N.J., died Nov. 29, 2009.
Interment will be at the Jewish Center of Venice. Wiegand Brothers Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Dr. Kolodney was the professor emeritus of chemical engineering at the College of the City of New York (C.C.N.Y.). During World War II, he was one of the original scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory (Manhattan Project), where he produced the first plutonium used in making the first atomic bombs and where he witnessed the first atomic explosion.
Among many patents, Dr. Kolodney developed electromanganese, now in extensive use in U.S. dollar coins. After returning to C.C.N.Y. in 1946, he taught chemical engineering and metallurgy and was a consultant on many nuclear power projects for Los Alamos, the Air Force, General Electric and United Nuclear.
Dr. Kolodney was the recipient of the prestigious Townsend Harris Medal and the Alumni Service Award. He retired from C.C.N.Y. in 1973 after teaching for 37 years and moved to the Sarasota area in 1978, where he established the Florida chapter of the C.C.N.Y. Alumni Association and served as its president for more than 10 years.
Dr. Kolodney is survived by his loving wife of 74 years, Edith; his son, Steve, and wife, Deidre; his daughter, Elizabeth and Barbara Sutton, whom he always considered part of the family.