Oral History interview with Leo Goldberg, 1983A, August 9 and October 10.

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Oral History interview with Leo Goldberg, 1983A, August 9 and October 10.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154305615

This interview reviews Goldberg's affiliations with Harvard University, both as a student and as an educator. Session 1 focuses on his education in astrophysics at Harvard, centered on a photograph of the summer school class at Harvard, 1936. Goldberg identifies many of the faces in the photograph, commenting on his relationship with each person. Many of the students in the picture are women, and Goldberg comments on the role of the female graduate students in the astronomy department of Harvard. As a whole, these stories provide insight into the interwoven social and scientific aspects of Goldberg's activitis as a graduate student. His frequent social and professional contact with Harlow Shapley and Donald H. Menzel is discussed. Session 2 appraises Goldberg's career at Harvard, where he was a Higgins professor of astronomy, Chairman of the Astronomy department, and Director of the Harvard College Observatory. Goldberg relates his decision to come to Harvard from Michigan, then discusses his scientific work while at Harvard, as well as internal politics and conflicts. A brief account is given of his decision to go to Kitt Peak, where he served as Director from 1971-1977. Other names discussed in both sessions include: Ted Sterne, Fred Whipple, George Z. Dimitroff, Frank Edmondson, and Richard Emberson, William Liller, Donald Menzel, spectrum analysis and the use of shock tubes in research and development.

Transcripts: 27 p. (session 1) and 21 p. (session 2)

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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