Oral history interview with Anthony Edward Siegman, 1984 January 23 and 1986 August 19.

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Oral history interview with Anthony Edward Siegman, 1984 January 23 and 1986 August 19.

This interview deals with Siegman's education, from 1949 to 1957, as an undergraduate at Harvard University, Hughes Aircraft Company work-study fellow at the University of California in Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University. Also prominently mentioned are: Hubert Heffner, Rudolf Kompfner, Frederick Emmons Terman, Ping K. Tien, Dean A. Watkins, Joseph Weber, and John R. Whinnery.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 1.0 hrs.), 2 sessions.Transcript: session one transcript, 14 p., session two untranscribed.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8283454

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