Oral history interview with Jack E. Oliver, 1996 March 8 and 1997 September 27.

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Oral history interview with Jack E. Oliver, 1996 March 8 and 1997 September 27.

A discussion of his youth, education, and his work at Lamont Doherty Observatory in seismology. Prominently mentioned are: Walter Bucher, Albert Crary, Charles Drake, Maurice Ewing, Frank Press.

Transcript (2 sessions), 207 pp.

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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 ...

Doel, Ronald Edmund

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Crary, Albert P. (Albert Paddock), 1911-1987

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Geophysicist, oceanographer. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert P. Crary : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309730610 Albert P. Crary was a geophysicist and oceanographer. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert P. Crary : oral history, 1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122380146 Albert P. Crary worked as a geophysicist and oceanographer. From the guide to the The r...

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...

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 ...

Bucher, Walter H. (Walter Herman), 1888-

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Geological consultant and Professor of Geology at Columbia University, 1940-1953. From the description of Walter H. Bucher papers, [ca. 1915]-1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 472459344 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Geological consultant and Professor of Geology at Columbia University, 1940-1953. From the guide to the Walter H. Bucher Papers, [ca. 1915]-1963., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...

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...