Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with George Sutton [electronic resource], 1997
Creator: | Sutton, George H., 1927- | 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 NoteGeophysicist.
Scope and ContentsChildhood: born Chester, New Jersey, son of grocer; Muhlenberg College: B.S., physics, 1944-1950; Merchant Marines, 1945-1947; association with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]: participation in International Geophysical Year program, seismological research aboard Vema, Caryn in Africa, Strait of Gibralter, Bermuda; research in Belgium; Columbia University: M.S., PhD., geophysics, 1957; formation of Alpine Geophysical Association; seismological research for National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]L Apollo II, Viking I, Surveyor missions; professor, geology and seismology, Columbia University, University of Hawaii; seismological work for Rondout Associates, 1981; reminiscences of colleagues.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1998
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