Oral history interview with W. Arnold Finck, 1996 March 11, May 30, and 1997 June 13.

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Oral history interview with W. Arnold Finck, 1996 March 11, May 30, and 1997 June 13.

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Discusses the social life at Lamont-Doherty; administering the funds; the administrative relationship with Columbia University; the research vessels. Also prominently mentioned are Maurice Ewing and John Worzel.

Transcript (2 sessions), 111 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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