Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with W. Arnold Finck [electronic resource], 1997
| Creator: | Finck, W. Arnold, 1920-2016 | Project: | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection.
(see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteBusiness administrator.
Scope and ContentsChildhood: Grand View, New York; army service, Antigua, Coolidge Field; New York Life Insurance Company auditing department; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO] business department, 1951- early 1980s: LDEO establishment, local residents’ reactions, grounds, social life, payroll, government funding, grant system, director’s house; Nature Conservatory interaction; fund diversification: Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation, Atomic Energy Commission, Lamont family founding Industrial Associates; Project Sunshine radiation testing; sea pay policy, Vema acquistion; Vetlesen Foundation funding, travel office establishment; Columbia University [CU] funding, Doherty Foundation gift; LDEO publications; LDEO and CU split speculation, 1960s; Palisades Geophysical Institute founding; LDEO foundation set-up; government auditing; directorship changes; International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1998
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