Papers, 1945-1991.

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Papers, 1945-1991.

Papers include correspondence, subject files, reprints of scholarly publications, and teaching and biographical materials which span the years 1945-1991 and document Hannes Alfven's career as a research physicist and faculty member of UCSD's engineering school. Significant correspondents include Syun Ichi Akasofu, Victor C. Anderson, Halton Arp, Per Carlqvist, Gunnar Johanson, Zdenek Kopal, Bo Lehnert, Linus Pauling, Anthony L. Peratt, Harold Urey, and Herbert York. Cite as: Hannes Alfven Papers. MSS 225, Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.

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Johanson, Gunnar, 1951-

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Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-

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Died in 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Harold Clayton Urey, 1964 March 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584513 Epithet: US chemist, Nobel laureate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000b4 Mildred Cohn was a biochemist and biophysicist. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1938 and was a research associate in biochemistry at several univers...

Kopal, Zdeněk, 1914-1993

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Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs.

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De Vaucouleurs, Gerard, 1918-1995

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York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)

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Experimental physicist who was founding director of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and first Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego. York also was a member of Presidential Scientific Advisory Committee under Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson, and Chief Scientist of the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency. From the description of Papers, ca. 1958-1999. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 20293837 A physicist by pr...

University of California, San Diego

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Administrative History The Chancellor acts as head of administration and has general authority over the campus. He is responsible for setting up the administrative structure and insuring that the various units function properly. He has specific delegated authority to sign employment contracts of faculty and staff and to represent the University in public forums. Herbert F. York was appointed first Chancellor of the University of C...

Anderson, Victor C. (Victor Charles), 1921-

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Peratt, Anthony L.

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Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994

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Born in Portland, Oregon on 28 February 1901. Died on 19 August 1994. Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State College (1922), Ph.D., Physical Chemistry and Mathematical Physics, California Institute of Technology (1925). Employment: 1925-1926 National Research Council; 1926-1927 Universities of Münich, Zürich, and Copenhagen; 1922-1969 California Institute of Technology; 1969- Stanford University; 1973-1979 Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. From the descr...

Lehnert, B. (Bo), 1926-

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Arp, Halton C.

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Akasofu, Syun-Ichi.

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Director of the UAF Geophysical Institute from 1986 to 1999. From the description of Oral history interview with Syun-Ichi Akasofu, 1985 December 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305861 ...