Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences, oral history interviews 1983-1999

Compton, Robert R.

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Biographical/Historical Sketch The papers largely consist of his field notebooks, 1947-49 and 1955-73, some of which contained reading notes and bibliographies. Also included are the typescripts of several chapters from a book on field geology, 1984; and one letter from R. I. Harker. The California notes appear to be research for his Stanford doctorate: PETROLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE BIDWELL BAR (30') QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA, (1949)...

Krauskopf, Konrad B. (Konrad Bates), 1910-2003

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Konrad B. Krauskopf was a pioneer in the field of geochemistry and a member of the Stanford University faculty from 1939 to 1976, when he was appointed professor emeritus. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his doctoral degree from the University of California-Berkeley in 1934. He began his graduate studies in geology at Stanford in 1935, earning his doctorate in 1939. He authored several widely used textbooks, served as president of several...

Page, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Markham), 1911-

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Geologist. Page, a member of the Stanford class of 1933, also earned his master's degree in 1934 and his Ph.D in 1940 at Stanford. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1943, becoming full professor in 1952; he was head of the Geology Department from 1957-62 and again from 1965-68. He retired in 1976. Page's special fields are structural geology and the relationship between geological structures and plate tectonics. From the description of Benjamin M. Page papers, 1929-1996. (Unknown). W...

Kennedy, Mary Balch.

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Lyon, R. J. P. (Ronald James Pearson), 1928-

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Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Dickinson, William R.

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Pomeroy, Russell A.

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Miller, Frank G.

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Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-

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Biographical/Historical Sketch Myra grew up on a cattle ranch in Colorado, about twenty miles south of Colorado Springs. Her parents farmed and raised cattle on the ranch. Myra rode a burro when she was four and bought her own horse when she was thirteen. She attended a one room school house for eight grades. She completed the eight grades in five years. Because of age qualifications she had to wait three years to attend high school. ...

McDowell, Edgar A.

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Stanford university. School of earth sciences

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When Stanford University opened in 1891, two of its academic departments were Geology and Mining Engineering. When the departments were organized into Schools in 1926, geology became part of the School of Physical Sciences and mining was placed in the School of Engineering. In January 1947, the School of Mineral Sciences was organized, with A.I. Levorsen as its first Dean. The School, known now as the School of Earth Sciences, has five departments: applied earth sciences, environmental studies, ...

Coleman, Robert Griffin, 1923-....

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Geologist. U.S. Geological Service, 1954-1979; Stanford University, 1982-1993. From the description of Response to History of Geophysics Survey, 1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81714512 ...

Harbaugh, John Warvelle, 1926-....

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Ingle, James C.,

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