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Oceanography, population resources and the world : oral history transcript / 1986-1998.
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Oceanography, population resources and the world : oral history transcript / 1986-1998Creator/Contributor:
Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Sharp, Sarah L. (Sarah Lee), 1949-, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Archives.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Covers family, boyhood, and education; Ellen Clark Revelle, graduate school, early research experiences; travel in 1936 to
England and Norway; U.S. Navy, oceanographic responsibilities; Operation Crossroads, 1946, preparation and conduct of Tests
Able and Baker, impact and lessons learned.
Work with the U.S. Navy and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Bureau of Ships, Office of Research and Inventions; joint
Scripps Institution of Oceanography and ONR expeditions and operations; activities in international science, 1930s-1960s,
expansion of UNESCO to include scientific endeavors; origins of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the Scientific
Committee on Oceanic Research.
Challenging the UC loyalty oath, 1948-1950; Midpac and Capricorn expeditions, plate tectonics; teaching and training at SIO;
administration and advocacy for the Institute of Marine Resources; advising the Dept. of the Interior, 1961, Pakistan Project
and its politics; University Dean of Research, 1962-1963; Harvard University Center for Population Studies, 1964.
Center for Population Studies: directorship, faculty and students, "the population problem," India, AID, and "underdevelopment";
White House-Interior panel on waterlogging and salinity in West Pakistan, 1961, and geographical and historical notes on the
Indus River area, "The Revelle Report"; Pugwash conferences of the 1960s and 1970s, the International Foundation for Science;
Indian Education Commission, 1964-1966; Pacem in Maribus and international law concerns.
Date:
1986 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caOceanographers -- United States -- Interviews
Science and state
Science -- International cooperation
Population
Population -- International cooperation
Loyalty oaths -- California
Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946
Oceanography and state -- United States
Océanographes -- États-Unis -- Entretiens
Politique scientifique et technique
Sciences -- Coopération internationale
Serments politiques -- Californie
Océanographie -- Politique gouvernementale -- États-Unis
Loyalty oaths
Oceanographers
Oceanography and state
Population
Population -- International cooperation
Science and state
Science -- International cooperation
California
Marshall Islands
United States
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Harvard School of Public Health. -- Center for Population Studies.
United States. -- Office of Naval Research.
University of California (System). -- Institute of Marine Resources.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
International Council of Scientific Unions. -- Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research.
Harvard School of Public Health. -- Center for Population Studies
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
International Council of Scientific Unions. -- Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
United States. -- Office of Naval Research
University of California (System). -- Institute of Marine Resources
Note:
Roger Randall Dougan Revelle. Interviews conducted by Sarah L. Sharp in 1984 and 1985. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley ; Archives, Scripps Institute of Oceanography,
Volumes 1, 3, and 4 published as part of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Reference series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3127 C:1-27.
Also available online.
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.
Type:
biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
4 v. ; 29 cm.
27 audiocassettes.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
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.