Oral history interview with Jack E. Oliver 1997
Oral history interview with Jack E. Oliver 1997
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- Name
- Oliver, J. E. (Jack Ertle), 1923-2011 (Interviewee)
- Doel, Ronald (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jack E. Oliver 1997
- Abstract
- Childhood, Massillon, Ohio: influence of football coach, Eagle Scout, early interest in physical sciences; United States Naval Reserve 1943-46; Columbia College: Physics B.S. 1947, summer work at Naval Research Laboratory 1947, M.A. 1950, Ph.D. 1953; work with Maurice Ewing on atmospheric acoustics and geophysics, thesis on seismology; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]: social life, sports, c ontinental drift debate, work on Arctic sea ice, innovation in two dimensional model seismology, influence of Russian work, mid-1950s surface wave research, influence of Ewing’s empiricism; International Geophysical Year: installation of worldwide network of long-period seismographs; involvement with nuclear test ban treaty; seismology and plate tectonics; growth of seismology department at LDEO: design of seismology building; uppermantle project at National Science Foundation; Seismological Society of America President 1964-65; development of LDEO seminars; women in seismology; chairman of LDEO geology department 1969-71; move to Cornell University 1971; lunar seismograph program.
- Collection Name
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection
- Subjects
- Seismology; Seismometers; Oliver, J. E. (Jack Ertle), 1923-2011; Columbia University; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1997
- Note (Biographical)
- Seismologist, geophysicist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald Doel on March 8, 1996, and September 27, 1997.
- Note (Provenance)
- Jack E. Oliver, Gift 1998
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13573840
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-pz16-3v34
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.