Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Fernando Vila [electronic resource], 1997
Creator: | Vila, Fernando | 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 NoteEngineer.
Scope and ContentsChildhood: Mendoza, Argentina; grammar and secondary school education; engineering degree, University of Buenos Aires, 1938, and post-graduate studies in geophysics, Institute de Petroleo, 1939: teachers, courses, field and lab work; impact of World War II; employment with government oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales: instrument development and descriptions; International Geophysical Year, 1957: geophysical lab work on a Lamont Geological Observatory [Lamont] Vema cruise; Guggenheim Fellow at Lamont, 1959-1962: gypsum relief maps of ocean floor topography, social life; funding issues for Argentinean scientists; reflections on family and colleagues.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1999
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