Papers, 1959-2000, bulk 1979-1999.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1959-2000, bulk 1979-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35802554

The collection includes biographical files, notes, manuscripts of scientific papers and speeches, correspondence, computations, photographs, subject files and other material documenting the career of physicist Edward Allan Frieman. The collection includes research files documenting Frieman's years at Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory and manuscripts for two unfinished books on plasma physics. The collection includes a scrapbook, calendars and other material documenting Frieman's service as Director of Energy Research at the U.S. Department of Energy, 1979-1981. The collection includes files documenting Frieman's years as a science administrator and vice president at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), 1981-1999. The collection includes files documenting Frieman's career as a faculty member at the University of California, San Diego, and especially his work during the years he served as Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1986-1996. The collection includes files documenting Frieman's work as a consultant for government and industry, especially his work on committees of the National Academy of Sciences and his work as vice-chair of the White House Science Council, 1982-1989. The collection documents Frieman's work on numerous committees concerned with climate change, the Superconducting Super Collider and the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS).

85 lin. ft. (187 manuscript boxes)

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

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7375188

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

Related Entities

There are 14 Entities related to this resource.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd3tc5 (corporateBody)

United States. Department of Energy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb60pk (corporateBody)

The Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States Government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. Its purview includes the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production, many of which are funded through its system of national laboratories. Many Federal agencies had been established to handle various aspect...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k43dr (corporateBody)

Frieman, E. A.d A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s3p90 (person)

Canavan, Gregory H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61p001g (person)

University of California (1868-1952)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m940p0 (corporateBody)

Administrative History During the mid-twentieth century, the American Labor Movement reached a pinnacle of power and influence within society. The Second World War required that labor be managed as a strategic resource; the high productivity of workers during the war carried over in the peace time economy, which experienced a sustained economic "boom." Unlike European labor relations, where unions play an "official" role in government, the Am...

University of California, San Diego

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk47t2 (corporateBody)

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...

White House Science Council

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw7d00 (corporateBody)

Frieman, E. A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk4r6w (person)

Physicist. From the description of A random walk through turbulence theory, 1986 November 10 [sound recording]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 83622727 Physicist (plasma physics) at Princeton University, 1952-1979; director of energy research in the U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1979-1981; executive vice president of Science Applications International Corporation, 1981-1986; director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and vice chancellor of marine...

Science Applications International Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j42p06 (corporateBody)

Jason, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gn3s7h (corporateBody)

Science Applications, inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6673ss2 (corporateBody)

Frieman, E. A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk4r6w (person)

Physicist. From the description of A random walk through turbulence theory, 1986 November 10 [sound recording]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 83622727 Physicist (plasma physics) at Princeton University, 1952-1979; director of energy research in the U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1979-1981; executive vice president of Science Applications International Corporation, 1981-1986; director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and vice chancellor of marine...

Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh7c96 (corporateBody)