The College Hill chronicles: How the University of Alaska came of age.

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The College Hill chronicles: How the University of Alaska came of age.

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Pre-publication draft manuscript on the history of the University of Alaska, much of which concerns the Geophysical Institute.

788 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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University of Alaska (College). Geophysical Institute

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The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska was formally established on July 1, 1949. An act of Congress in 1946 recognized "the need for a geophysical station in this country, dedicated to the maintenance of geophysical research concerning the Arctic Regions" and appropriated funds for the facility which would house the research programs. These research programs were initiated with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1929 to measure the height of the aurora and grew to incorpor...

Davis, T. Neil.

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T. Neil Davis (1932- ). Geophysicist. Assistant director of UAF Geophysical Institute. From the description of Oral history interview with T. Neil Davis, 1968 September 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305857 From the description of Oral history interview with T. Neil Davis, 1985 December 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305860 Geophysics. Professor and professor emeritus, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 1965- 1932- ...