Press conference, 1969 [sound recording].

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Press conference, 1969 [sound recording].

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This is an audio tape recording of a press conference held at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics on the campus of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD on October 23, 1969 during a visit by United States Vice President Spiro Agnew to the campus. The recording begins with SIO Director William A. Nierenberg who discusses the history of the Scripps Institution and introduces Vice President Agnew. SIO faculty comment on research in oceanography. Professor Douglas L. Inman discusses the near-shore environment. Professor John D. Isaacs describes research on the North Pacific. Dr. Edward Goldberg describes chemical aspects of environmental studies. Vice President Agnew comments on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, oceanographic research, and the marine science program of the nation, and invites questions from the audies and press. The discussions that follow focuses on national policy on the seas.

1 reel (1200 ft.)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Goldberg, Edward D., 1937-

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Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000

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Died 2000. From the description of Oral history interview with William Aaron Nierenberg, 1986 February 6 to 30 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79005537 Physicist and oceanographer. Nierenberg received his B.S. from the City College of New York in 1939 and his M.A. and Ph. D. degrees in physics from Columbia in 1942 and 1947. He was a research scientist with the Manhattan Project from 1942 to 1945. He was an instructor in physics at Columbia, 1946-1948, and assistant pro...