Oral history interview with Henry James Dorman 1997
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- Name
- Dorman, Henry James (Interviewee)
- Levin, Tanya (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Henry James Dorman 1997
- Abstract
- Childhood: born Chicago, Illinois, son of pediatrician; Carleton College, B.S., physics, 1945-1949; Northwestern University, M.S., geology; military service including reserves, 1954-1956, geological expedition, Greenland, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]; Columbia University [CU]: PhD., geophysics; early impressions of LDEO: Mid-Atlantic expeditions, mapping ocean floor, subduction zones, tu rbidity currents; emergence of ocean geology as field, late 1950s; ocean floor seawater sampling; LDEO funding; competition among institutions; employment at Exxon Productions Research Company, Houston, Texas, 1981-1986; LDEO biology program development; introduction of computers as research tool, 1956; establishment of Palisades Geophysical Institute, late 1960s; LDEO seminars; development of seismology interests; CU coursework; women and minorities in geophysics; seismology station establishment; assistant director, LDEO, 1964-1972: mediating conflicts, CU funding, Doherty endowment; LDEO and NASA relationship: lunar seismograph development and data analysis, Apollo space missions; LDEO staff departure, University of Texas, Galveston medical branch: geophysics program establishment; reminiscences of colleagues.
- Collection Name
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection
- Subjects
- Lunar geology; Dorman, Henry James; Columbia University; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1997
- Note (Biographical)
- Geophysicist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Tanya Levin on June 14, June 15, and June 16, 1997.
- Note (Provenance)
- Henry James Dorman, Gift 1998
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13572056
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-28wr-ew42
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.