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Coastal engineering: research, consulting, and teaching, 1946-1997 : oral history transcript / 1997.
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Coastal engineering: research, consulting, and teaching, 1946-1997 : oral history transcript / 1997University of California history series
Creator/Contributor:
Wiegel, Robert L., creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Swent, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Herz), interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Sobey, R. J.Creator/Contributor:
Magoon, Orville T.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Oakland childhood, University of California, Berkeley, 1940-1943; ROTC experience, Army Ordnance officer, England, France;
graduate studies in coastal and ocean engineering at UCB: wave and beach research, tsunamis, risk analysis, turbulent motion;
thoughts on synergy of sharing ideas, value of publication, advising and mentoring graduate students; University of California,
Berkeley College of Engineering teaching and governance, 1957-1987: acting dean, 1972-1973, work with State Coordinating Council
for Higher Education, State Technical Services Program from 1965 to 1968, and technology transfer; consulting and public service:
Namibian diamond project, Hilo tsunami protection, Alaska beach nourishment, Nile Delta, Papua New Guinea port construction,
Sines (Portugal) breakwater, Strait of Hormuz, Mica Dam, oil platforms in North Sea and Gulf of Mexico, pipelines in Patagonia
and Alaska, Manfredonia (Italy) breakwater; contribution to California Advisory Commission on Marine and Coastal Resources,
Office of Naval Research Natural Hazards Review Board, Coastal Engineering Research Board.
Single issue of Shore & beach (Vol. 62, no. 3, July 1994) devoted to Wiegel.
Date:
1997 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCivil engineers -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
Coastal engineering -- Research -- History
Shore protection -- Research -- History
Ingénieurs civils -- Californie -- Berkeley -- Entretiens
Travaux maritimes -- Recherche -- Histoire
Rivage -- Protection -- Recherche -- Histoire
Coastal engineering -- Research
Civil engineers
California -- Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley. -- College of Engineering.
University of California, Berkeley. -- College of Engineering
Wiegel, Robert L -- Interviews
Wiegel, Robert L
Note:
Robert L. Wiegel ; with an introduction by Rodney J. Sobey and Orville Magoon. An interview conducted by Eleanor Swent in
1997. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: University history series.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as Phonotape 2952 C:1-18. Tape no. 18 is an interview with
Orville Magoon re Wiegel.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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biographyautobiographies (literary works)
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Interviews
History
Autobiographies.
Oral histories.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (ix, 316 pages) : portrait ; 28 cm
18 audiocassettes
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Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.