Geophysics Administrators: Oral history interviews, 1992-1993.

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Geophysics Administrators: Oral history interviews, 1992-1993.

Interviews were conducted with four administrators of geophysics and oceanographic research. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, from the International Council of Scientific Unions, on ICSU's involvement and support of international programs. Paul Melchoir, the Executive Secretary of the ICSU's International Union on Geodesy and Geophysics, on collaborations in geophysics and the role of ICSU. Pierre Morel, the Director of the World Climate Research Programme, on WCRP's involvement with the World Meteorological Organization and its involvement with the World Ocean Circulation Experiment. Siegbert Raither, the Director of Physics Programs for UNESCO, on UNESCO's involvement with international physics programs.

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World Meteorological Organization. Congress

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International Council of Scientific Unions.

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UNESCO

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World Ocean Circulation Experiment

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Morel, Pierre, 1933-....

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International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.

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Center for History of Physics (American Institute of Physics)

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This oral history project was undertaken by the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics, beginning in about 1976. The American Philosophical Society Library is a designated repository for the archive, which includes photocopies of typed manuscripts of the interviews, and microfilm and microfiche of certain manuscript collections of astrophysicists. These include the papers of Robert D'E Atkinson, Seth Chandler, Theodore Dunham [The American Philosophical Society has re...

Marton-Lefèvre, Julia.

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