Oral history interview with Henry G. Walter 1997
Oral history interview with Henry G. Walter 1997
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- Name
- Walter, Henry G (Interviewee)
- Doel, Ronald (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Henry G. Walter 1997
- Abstract
- Childhood: Elmhurst, Queens, New York, family reminiscences, father’s political involvement; B.A. Columbia University [CU], 1926-1929; rowing team member, history coursework, financing education, social life; CU Law School, 1929-1933, Bugle Law Review decision editor; Cravath, de Gersdorf, Swaine, and Wood Law Firm position; penicillin and explosive plants manager; establishing law firm; notable c lients; founding Vetlesen Foundation, 1955: donation of ship Vema to U.S. Navy, funding Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO], encouraging CU funding, 1980s; CU and LDEO interactions, late 1970s; Vetlesen Foundation funding research interest LDEO, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; biological and earth sciences personal interests; LDEO administrations: CU Geology Department, advisory structure; establishment Vetlesen Prize; funding weather research; Palisades Geophysical Institute military contract work; colleague reminiscences.
- Collection Name
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection
- Subjects
- Walter, Henry G; Columbia University; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Vema (Ship)
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1997
- Note (Biographical)
- Lawyer.
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald Doel on May 24, 1996, and January 10, 1997.
- Note (Provenance)
- Henry G. Walter, Gift 1997
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13583283
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-33py-bz91
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.