Oral history interview with Henry James Dorman, 1997.

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Oral history interview with Henry James Dorman, 1997.

Some of the topics discussed include: his childhood; education in geophysics at Columbia/Lamont; research in seismology; early use of computers in seismology and geophysics, influence of the International Geophysical Year on Lamont, working with NASA and the lunar seismology experiments in the Apollo missions, Maurice Ewing's move to University of Texas at Galveston. Prominently mentioned are: Walter Bucher, Maurice Ewing, Bruce Heezan, Gary Latham, Jack Oliver, Walter C. Pitman, Frank Press, Marie Tharp, Joe Worzel.

Transcript (3 sessions), 160 pp.

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Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Worzel, J. Lamar (John Lamar), 1919-2008

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Bucher, Walter H. (Walter Herman), 1888-

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Dorman, Henry James, 1928-

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Geophysicist. Researcher and professor, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University from 1960-1972; professor of marine science, University of Texas, Galveston from 1974. From the description of Oral history interview with Henry James Dorman, 1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79356702 ...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Press, Frank, 1924-

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Press was chairman of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. From the description of Ranger Project, Flight Readiness of Instrument : letter to Cargill Hall, JPL Historian, 1973 Jul 26. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099577 Press was Director of the Seismological Laboratory. From the description of Request for more Ranger capsule experiments : letter to Homer Newell, NASA, 1962 Oct 22. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Tharp, Marie

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Geologist (ocean cartographer). From the description of Oral history interview with Marie Tharp, 1994 September 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78844873 ...

Heezen, Bruce C.

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Oceanographer and geologist, received the B.A. degree from Iowa State University in 1948 and his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in 1952. Heezen's entire professional career was spent on the geology department faculty of Columbia University and as a scientist at the Unviersity's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory. He was Research Associate, 1955-1957; Senior Research Scientist, 1957-1960; Assistant Professor, 1960-1964; and Associate Professor, 1964-1977. Heezen was also a consultant wi...

Oliver, J. E. (Jack Ertle), 1923-2011

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Geophysicist (Seismology). Research associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1953-1955; Professor of geology, Columbia University, 1955-1971; chairman of dept. of geology, Cornell University from 1971. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack E. Oliver, 1996 March 8 and 1997 September 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83510609 Geophysicist (Seismology). Research associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1953-1955; professor of geology, Colum...

Ewing, W. Maurice (William Maurice), 1906-1974

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W. Maurice Ewing (1906-1974) was a marine geologist, oceanographer, and geophysicist, who received his B.A., M.A., and PhD in physics and mathematics from Rice University in 1926, 192, and 1931, respectively. He taught geophysics at Lehigh University (1930-1940), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1940-1944), served as director of the Lamont-Doherty Geophysical Observatory of Columbia University (1949-1972), and joined the University of Texas Medical Branch as the first director of the Ea...

Pitman, Walter C.

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Oceanographer, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. From the description of Oral history interview with Walter C. Pitman, 1995-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83308691 ...