Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Charles L. Drake, 1997.
Creator: | Drake, Charles L. | Project: | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 309 pages Sound recording 11 audiocassettes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteGeophysicist.
Scope and ContentsBorn Ridgewood, New Jersey: childhood interest in geology; World War II service, 1942-1946: Army Corps of Engineers; Princeton University: B.S.E. in geological engineering, 1948: post-war changes, courses, field trips; Columbia University, Ph.D. in geophysics, 1958: courses, geophysics as a new discipline; establishment of the Columbia University Lamont Geological Observatory [Lamont], Navy submarine gravity measuring cruises, student projects; Lamont, 1958-1969: project Mohole, acquisition of the Vema, global ocean research cruises, international collaborations; Upper Mantle Project, 1964, application of research to industries, plate tectonics research and controversies; grant issues and funding changes, issues of authorship, committee involvement, international earth science organizations; development of the earth sciences, post-war; research in seismic refraction and gravity measurement, department chair, geology, 1967-1969; comparisons between Lamont and other earth science institutions, expansion of Lamont site plans and programs, University financial and campus issues; conflicts between Lamont and the Columbia administration and geology department, W. Maurice Ewing’s move from Lamont, post-Ewing Lamont leadership, reminiscences of family, teachers, colleagues
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1998
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