Interview of Helen Gerasimou by Brian Shoemaker

• Main Author: Gerasimou, Helen
• Other Authors: Shoemaker, Brian
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2005
• Subjects: Arctic research > Administration > Interviews; National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Polar Programs; Gerasimou; Helen > Interviews; Arctic; Austin; Byrd; Crowell; Doumani; Goodale; Lanyon; Levin; Lombard; Merle; Rutford; Sandved; Seelig; Todd; Waterman
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6059

General Marshall, pp. 2 Margaret Chase Smith, pp. 3 H.G. Lombard, pp. 4-5 Dr. Louis Levin, pp. 6 Dr. Thomas O. Jones, pp. 6-8, 10, 27 George Toney, pp. 7-8, 26 Bill (Phil?) Smith, pp. 7-8 Ken Moulton, pp. 7, 14 Harry Francis, pp. 7 Mort Turner, pp. 7, 12-13 John P. Crowell, pp. 7 Dr. (Bert) Crary, pp. 7-8, 13-15, 22, 25, 32 Tom Armstrong, pp. 8 Ken Wilson, pp. 8, 10 Curt Sandved, pp. 8, 10 Walter R. Seelig, pp. 8, 10 Eddie Goodale, pp. 9-11, 22 Robert Hinchliffe, pp. 9 Colonel Merle Dawson, pp. 9, 13, 26 Libby Hunt, pp. 10 Dr. Joyce, pp. 10 Margaret Lanyon, pp. 11 Charles Smitler, pp. 14 Al Wade, pp. 17, 28-29 Tony Gaugh, pp. 17, 22, 25 John Katzafakas, pp. 18 Jerry Kleiman, pp. 19, 35-36 Charlie Roberts, pp. 19 Art Rundle, pp. 19 Paul Daniels, pp. 20 Dr. Gerasimov, pp. 21 Dr. Treshnokov, pp. 21 Dr. Untersteiner, pp. 21-22 Harry Francis, pp. 22 Peter Wilkener, pp. 22 George Doumani, pp. 25 Phil Smith, pp. 26 Bill Austin, pp. 26 Eddie Bauer, pp. 26-27 Joe Fletcher, pp. 27-28 Bob Rutford, pp. 28-30 Jim Zumberg(er?), pp. 28, 32 Ron McGregory, pp. 29 Harry Francis, pp. 29 Ed Todd, pp. 29-30, 33-34, 36 Allen Waterman, pp. 32 Connie Eldium, pp. 32 Dr. Radok, pp. 33-34 The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Mrs_Helen_Gerasimou.mp3 Helen Gerisamou’s first government job was working at the Pentagon as a secretary in the Ordinance Section of the Department of the Army. She was later promoted to the Department of Defense, then the War Assets Administration. Once this department was disbanded, Gerisamou became the secretary to Mr. H.G. Lombard, a patent attorney in Washington, D.C. At the onset of the Korean War Mr. Lombard was called into service, therefore leaving Mrs. Gerisamou without work once more. She applied for a position with the National Science Foundation and remained with them from June 1954 through her retirement in December of 1979. During her time at the NSF, Mrs. Gerisamou was assigned to Tom Jones in the Office of Polar Programs, beginning in 1959. She ...