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Oral history interview with Henry James Dorman, 1997.

Creator: Dorman, Henry James
Project: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 160 pages Sound recording 6 audiocassettes
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Geophysicist.

Scope and Contents

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, turbidity 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.

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