Oral history interview with James D. Hays, 1997.

Biographical Note

Geologist.

Scope and Contents

Childhood: born Johnstown, New York, son of glove manufacturer; Harvard University: B.S., geology, 1952-1956; United States Navy, 1956-1958; Ohio State University: M.S., geology, 1958-1960; Columbia University: Ph.D., geology, 1960-1964; association with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]: stratigraphic, core research at LDEO, at sea as chief scientist, geological research in Antarctica, Arctic Ocean, development of global climate mapping techniques; reminiscences of colleagues.

Subjects

• Columbia University.
• Doel, Ronald, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Hays, James D., 1926---Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Sfraga, Michael, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr