Oral history interview with Sam Gerard, 1996 May 31 and 1997 June 24.

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Oral history interview with Sam Gerard, 1996 May 31 and 1997 June 24.

Discusses his work with Lamont-Doherty Observatory, on the research ships, climatology. Prominently mentioned are: Maurice Ewing, Bruce Heezen, Henry Kohler, Ludas Angelo.

Transcript, 120 pp.

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Doel, Ronald Edmund

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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...

Gerard, Robert D., 1926-

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Geologist. From the description of Oral history interview with Sam Gerard, 1996 May 31 and 1997 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81418144 ...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Kohler, Henry Conrad.

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Ship's captain of the Vema, the sailing vessel of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. From the description of Oral history interview Henry Conrad Kohler, 1996 May 27, 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79753085 ...

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...