Oral history interview with Charles and Trixie Officer [electronic resource], 1995

Biographical Note

Professor, geophysicist.

Scope and Contents

Childhood: born Evanston, Illinois, son of machinery manufacturer; United States Navy, 1944-1946; Williams College; Brown University, physics; Wesleyan University, master’s degree, physics, 1947-1948; Yale University: master’s degree, atomic physics, 1948-1949; geophysics research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute [WHOI], summer 1949; Columbia University, doctorate, geophysics, 1949-1951; seismic research, western Atlantic Ocean, summer 1950; association with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; continuation of research at WHOI, 1951; Rice University, professor, geophysics, structural geology, 1955-1959; publication of Introduction to the Theory of Sound Transmission, 1958; president, Marine Geophysical Services; president, Marine Mining, 1966-1968; decision to run for Congress, New Hampshire, 1964, 1972; Dartmouth University, research professor, geophysics, 1975; interest in environmental science; reminiscences of colleagues.

Subjects

• Columbia University
• Doel, Ronald, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• Officer, Charles B.--Interviews.
• Officer, Trixie, interviewee.
• Officer, Trixie--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1996