Oral history interview with Feenan Jennings, 1996 April 26.

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Oral history interview with Feenan Jennings, 1996 April 26.

Discusses his childhood, family life, and education, his work with the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation and the relationship with Lamont and Maurice Ewing.

Transcript, 72 pp.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8217574

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