Oral history interview with Wallace S. Broecker 1997
- Name
- Broecker, Wallace S., 1931- (Interviewee)
- Doel, Ronald (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Wallace S. Broecker 1997
- Abstract
- Childhood: Oak Park, IL; family; struggle with dyslexia; religious activities; Wheaton College, 1949-52; Columbia University [CU] 1952; J. Laurence Kulp; issues of scientific integrity; comparison of Wheaton College and CU; CU geology department courses and professors; early publications; geophysics and geochemistry at Lamont Geological Observatory (LGO); tensions between Bruce Heezen and Maurice W. Ewing, Ewing’s intellectual and political domination of LGO; impressions of Jaques Barzun; attitudes of CU towards science and Lamont-Doherty earth Observatory (LDEO); CU faculty senate member; sterling Forest initiative; Ewing’s departure from Lamont; National Science Foundation (NSF) oceanographic research funding, 1960s-70s; Captain Henry Kohler; experiences onboard Vema; LDEO biology programs of mid-1950s; tree ring project ; abrupt climate change research; Milankovich cycles; CLIMAP and GEOSECS programs; NSF and Feenan Jennings’ fund administration.
- Collection Name
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection
- Subjects
- Oceanography--Research; Broecker, Wallace S., 1931-; Ewing, W. Maurice (William Maurice), 1906-1974; Columbia University; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Vema (Ship)
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1997
- Note (Biographical)
- Geochemist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald Doel on December 29, 1995, and May 8 and June 6, 1997.
- Note (Provenance)
- Wallace S. Broecker, Gift 1998
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13571967
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-hsax-h071
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.