Oral history interview with James D. Hays 1997
Oral history interview with James D. Hays 1997
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- Name
- Hays, James D., 1926- (Interviewee)
- Doel, Ronald (Interviewer)
- Sfraga, Michael (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with James D. Hays 1997
- Abstract
- Childhood: born Johnstown, New York, son of glove manufacturer; Harvard University: B.S., geology, 1952-1956; United States Navy, 1956-1958; Ohio State University: M.S., geology, 1958-1960; Columbia University: Ph.D., geology, 1960-1964; association with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]: stratigraphic, core research at LDEO, at sea as chief scientist, geological research in Antarctica, Ar ctic Ocean, development of global climate mapping techniques; reminiscences of colleagues.
- Collection Name
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection
- Subjects
- Hays, James D. 1926-; Columbia University; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1997
- Note (Biographical)
- Geologist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald Doel on May 30 and December 20, 1996, and by Mike Sfraga on July 29, 1997.
- Note (Provenance)
- James D. Hays, Gift 1998
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13572925
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-eg1q-9790
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.