Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Gordon Jacoby, 1996.
Creator: | Jacoby, Gordon | Project: | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 61 pages Sound recording 2 audiocassettes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePaleohydrologist.
Scope and ContentsChildhood: born Fitchburg, Massachusetts, son of civil engineer, early education in northern New Jersey; short-term enrollment at Vanderbilt University, 1952; service in Marine Corps, 1953-1956; return to Vanderbilt University, 1956-1958; Massachusetts Institute of Technology: mechanical engineering, 1958-1960; Columbia University [CU]: B.S., geology, 1960-1962; CU, University of Arizona: Ph.D., hydrology; Dartmouth University: visiting professorship, meteorology; tree ring analysis: research in Alaska, Los Angleles, Colorado River Basin, Arizona, 1972-1975; association with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]: research on tree rings, water and energy, research at sea; controversy between paleohydrology and stochastic schools of thought: gradual acceptance of tree ring theory; development of tree ring instrumentation, facilities at LDEO; reminiscences of colleagues.
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