Oral history interview with Roger Frederick Dashen, 1986 July 2.

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Oral history interview with Roger Frederick Dashen, 1986 July 2.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81793088

Undergraduate at Harvard University, Edward Purcell as influential teacher; graduate work at California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in 1964; move to Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1966. Most of interview concerns JASON: joined in 1966 at invitation of Murray Gell-Mann; projects for the Navy; work with Walter Munk; member of Steering Committee for four years; selection and types of projects; relationship with contractors.

Sound recordings: 3 sound cassettes (ca. 2.5 hrs), 1 session.Preliminary transcript: 93 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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