Oral history interview with Neil D. Opdyke, 1997.

Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Opdyke, Neil D.

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Geologist, geophysicist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and University of Florida. From the description of Oral history interview with Neil D. Opdyke, 1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84971844 ...

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...

Irving, E. (Edward)

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x0002d1 Epithet: Reverend; founder of the Irvingites British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x0002d2 Epithet: divine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x00003c ...

Runcorn, S. K.

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Born Southport, Lancashire, 1922; educated at King George V School Southport; studied Mechanical Sciences Tripos at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1941 (graduated BA 1944, MA 1948); joined Radar Research and Development Establishment during war, 1943 - 1946; Assistant Lecturer in Physics, Manchester University, 1946 - 1948; Lecturer in Physics, Manchester University, 1948 - 1949; research under Blackett on Earth's magnetic field, awarded Ph.D 1949; Assistant Director of Research, Departm...

Broecker, Wallace S., 1931-....

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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...

Langseth, Marcus G.

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A pioneer in marine geothermal research, Marcus Gerhardt Langseth was associated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for most of his 40-year career. Beginning as a research assistant and graduate student in the mid-1950s, he became a senior research scientist and an adjunct professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University. In 1993 he was appointed to an endowed position as a Palisades Geophysical Institute senior scientist. From the description of Marcus G. ...

Pitman, Walter C.

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Oceanographer, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. From the description of Oral history interview with Walter C. Pitman, 1995-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83308691 ...

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, ) ...

Hays, James D., 1926-....

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Geologist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. From the description of Oral history interview with James D. Hays, 1996-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79715440 ...

Talwani, Manik

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Doel, Ronald Edmund

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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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...