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Oral history interview with Gordon Eaton [electronic resource], 1997

Creator: Eaton, Gordon P.
Project: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection.
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Phys. Desc. :sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Administrator.

Scope and Contents

Childhood: Dayton, Ohio; U.S. Forest Service summer employee, Yellowstone National Park; B.S. geology, 1946 to 1950, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut; Ph.D. geological sciences and geophysics, 1957, California Institute of Technology, Los Angeles basin Miocene volcanic history research, geological sciences emergence; faculty member Wesleyan University; faculty member University of California Irvine; provost Texas A & M University; president Iowa State University, National Collegiate Athletic Association regulations; Ph.D. level research increase and funding limitations; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO] director, 1991 to 1994: past directorships, social environment, public relations, fund-raising, biological sciences integration, Titanic wreckage exploration equipment, name change, Columbia University administration; U.S. Geological Survey director, 1994 to present; colleague reminiscences.

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Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1998

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