Oral history interview with Gordon Hamilton, 1996 March 15.

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Oral history interview with Gordon Hamilton, 1996 March 15.

Discusses his childhood, education and the founding of Lamont-Doherty, his work at the Lamont in Bermuda, work in underwater acoustics. Prominently mentioned are Maurice Ewing, Joe Worzel.

Transcript 76 pp.

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

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Geophysicist. Professor of geophysics, Columbia University, 1950-1972; assistant director, Lamont Geophysical Observatory, 1951-1962 and associate director, 1963-1972; professor of Geophysics and director, Earth & Planetary Science Division, Marine Biomedical Institution, University of Texas, Galveston, from 1972-1979. From the description of Oral history interview with J. Lamar Worzel, 1996, January 2 and 3 and May 14 and 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80180915 From...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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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...

Doel, Ronald Edmund

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Hamilton, Gordon Ross, 1923-

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Geophysicist. From the description of Oral history interview with Gordon Hamilton, 1996 March 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80094954 ...