Oral history interview with Henry James Dorman 1997
Childhood: born Chicago, Illinois, son of pediatrician; Carleton College, B.S., physics, 1945-1949; Northwestern University, M.S., geology; military service including reserves, 1954-1956, geological expedition, Greenland, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]; Columbia University [CU]: PhD., geoph...
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Columbia University
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-28wr-ew42 https://dlc.library.columbia.edu/catalog/cul:s7h44j11kb |
| Summary: | Childhood: born Chicago, Illinois, son of pediatrician; Carleton College, B.S., physics, 1945-1949; Northwestern University, M.S., geology; military service including reserves, 1954-1956, geological expedition, Greenland, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]; Columbia University [CU]: PhD., geophysics; early impressions of LDEO: Mid-Atlantic expeditions, mapping ocean floor, subduction zones, turbidity currents; emergence of ocean geology as field, late 1950s; ocean floor seawater sampling; LDEO funding; competition among institutions; employment at Exxon Productions Research Company, Houston, Texas, 1981-1986; LDEO biology program development; introduction of computers as research tool, 1956; establishment of Palisades Geophysical Institute, late 1960s; LDEO seminars; development of seismology interests; CU coursework; women and minorities in geophysics; seismology station establishment; assistant director, LDEO, 1964-1972: mediating conflicts, CU funding, Doherty endowment; LDEO and NASA relationship: lunar seismograph development and data analysis, Apollo space missions; LDEO staff departure, University of Texas, Galveston medical branch: geophysics program establishment; reminiscences of colleagues. |
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