Lill, Gordon G.

Gordon G. Lill (1918-1996) was a geophysicist who worked as an oceanographer for the Office of Naval Research after World War II, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the early 1960s, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 until he retired. During 1949-1950, he conducted mineralogical surveys in West Africa. At the request of the National Science Foundation, in 1964, he became director of Project Mohole, a pure science endeavor to drill a hole 35,000 feet to the earth's mantle in the Pacific Ocean to learn more of the earth's composition and origin. Once Congress denied continued funding of the project, Lill briefly returned to Lockheed as a senior science advisor before becoming deputy director of NOAA.

From the description of Gordon G. Lill papers, 1948-1995. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 56625833

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