Oral history interview with Harriett Greene, 1996-1997.

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Oral history interview with Harriett Greene, 1996-1997.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82166645

Topics include her childhood and growing up in New York; her employment at Lamont-Doherty; the people who worked there; working for Maurice Ewing; her subsequent marriage to him; many stories about his life and work. Prominently mentioned are William Donn, Charles Drake, Arnold Finck, Laurence Kulp, Jack Oliver, Frank Press, Marie Tharp, Joe Worzel.

Transcript (2 sessions), 230 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8277523

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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...

Drake, Charles L.

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Charles L. Drake (1924- ). Geophysicist. Professor of geophysics, Columbia University, 1958-1967; acting assistant director, Lamont Geophysical Observatory, 1963-1965, professor and chairman of dept, 1967-1969; professor of geology, Dartmouth College from 1969. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles L. Drake, 1995, November 28, 1996 May 22, and 1997 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80398029 ...

Ewing family.

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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...

Greene, Harriett Ann

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Harriett Greene Ewing, secretary to Maurice Ewing at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, and later his wife. From the description of Oral history interview with Harriett Greene, 1996-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82166645 ...

Doel, Ronald Edmund

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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 ...

Donn, William L

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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...

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 ...

Kulp, J. Laurence (John Laurence), 1921-

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Geochemist. Professor, Columbia University, 1947-1965; President, Teledyne Isotopes from 1965. From the description of Oral history interview with J. Laurence Kulp, 1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83308756 ...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Ewing, J. I. (John I.), 1924-1996

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