Anthony L. Turkevich

Anthony Leonid Turkevich (July 23, 1916 – September 7, 2002) was an American radiochemist who was the first to determine the composition of the Moon's surface using an alpha scattering spectrometer on the Surveyor 5 mission in 1967. He had also worked on nuclear weapons during and after World War II, as well as peaceful uses of nuclear energy. For this latter work, he received the 1969 Atoms for Peace Award.

His father was Leonty Turkevich, who later became the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America.

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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E3DE1F30F932A1575AC0A9649C8B63 A. L. Turkevich Is Dead at 86; Ascertained Moon's Makeup] , Obituary in "New York Times", September 21, 2002.
* [http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/02/020912.turkevich.shtml Anthony Turkevich, Radiochemist, 1916-2002] , Obituary from the University of Chicago, September 12, 2002.
* [http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/aturkevich.pdf Anthony Leonid Turkevich, 1916-2002] , Biographical memoir, National Academy of Sciences, 2007.