Oral history interview with Alberto Lonardi, 1997 August 27.

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Oral history interview with Alberto Lonardi, 1997 August 27.

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Discusses childhood and youth in Argentina; 1955 revolution and the subsequent political unrest; Lamont Geophysical Observatory's presence in Argentina in late 1950s; impressions of W. Maurice Ewing and his work ethic; his work at Lamont; his work with Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp on mapping; his return to Argentina and his work there in oceanography; science and government in Argentina and the United States.

Transcript, 84 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Lonardi, Alberto, 1930-

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Oceanographer (Argentine). Studied at Columbia University and worked aboard the Vema, a research vessel of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. From the description of Oral history interview with Alberto Lonardi, 1997 August 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83857640 ...

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...

Heezen, Bruce C.

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Oceanographer and geologist, received the B.A. degree from Iowa State University in 1948 and his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in 1952. Heezen's entire professional career was spent on the geology department faculty of Columbia University and as a scientist at the Unviersity's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory. He was Research Associate, 1955-1957; Senior Research Scientist, 1957-1960; Assistant Professor, 1960-1964; and Associate Professor, 1964-1977. Heezen was also a consultant wi...

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 ...