Name
Bunce, Elizabeth T. (Elizabeth Thompson), 1915-2003 (Interviewee)
Smith, P. K (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Elizabeth Thompson Bunce, 1982
Abstract
Early education; Smith College; physical education teacher; Woods Hole summer job testing explosives; decision to study science at Smith College: M.S. in physics, 1949; Woods Hole from 1951: own specialty in underwater acoustics and seismics, United States Naval Submarine GIBBS 1959 cruise to Mobile, 1962 BEAR cruise, discovery of the nuclear submarine Chain Ridge, role of chief scientist on cruise s, effect of sinking of THRESHER on underwater equipment, changes in funding research
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Women scientists; Physicists; Marine geophysics; Seismology; Underwater acoustics; Bunce, Elizabeth T. (Elizabeth Thompson), 1915-2003
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1982
Physical Description
165 pages
Note (Biographical)
Geophysicist
Note
Interviewed by P.K. Smith
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
15306808
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-xq3g-be16
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.