Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Sally Nafe, 1997.
Creator: | Nafe, Sally | Project: | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 63 pages Sound recording 2 audiocassettes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
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Scope and ContentsChildhood: Philadelphia, Quaker religion, B.A. English Swarthmore College; children’s publishing; marriage to John Elliott Nafe [Jack Nafe], 1941; chairman Palisades Library; reminiscences of Jack Nafe: born 1914 Seattle, Washington; seaman, 1932-1934; B.S. physics University of Michigan; M.S. physics Washington University of St. Louis; physics instructor United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1941-1945; Ph..D physics Columbia University [CU], 1945-1948; research director Hudson Laboratory; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO], 1954-1980: geophysics’ emergence; social life; grounds; visiting professors; trip Bogota, Columbia; research vessel expeditions; sabbaticals Cambridge University; CU Chairman of the Graduate Faculties in Science, CU Geophysics Department Chair; LDEO directorship changes; CU Vietnam War protests; LDEO and CU funding conflicts; LDEO staff reminiscences.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1997
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