The Resource Chemist and administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997 :, Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer ; with introductions by Robert Curl and Marilyn Chapin Massey. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes and Germaine LaBerge in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Chemist and administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997 :, Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer ; with introductions by Robert Curl and Marilyn Chapin Massey. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes and Germaine LaBerge in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
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The item Chemist and administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997 :, Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer ; with introductions by Robert Curl and Marilyn Chapin Massey. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes and Germaine LaBerge in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Chemist and administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997 :, Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer ; with introductions by Robert Curl and Marilyn Chapin Massey. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes and Germaine LaBerge in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
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- Childhood and education in Pomona, B.S. from Caltech; College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1935-1997: graduate student years, G.N. Lewis, William Giauque, Wendell Latimer; postwar expansion and reorganization of the college; Director of Research, Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-1951; research: internal rotation in ethane, ring molecules, corresponding states, relativistic effects on molecular properties, spin species conversion in methane, other condensed state research, ion interaction equations for aqueous electrolytes, Pitzer equations for concentrated solutions; discusses teaching and scientific collaborations, committee work, the research process; presidency of Rice University, 1961-1968, Stanford University, Includes an interview with Jean Mosher Pitzer on faculty wives, College of Chemistry, years at Stanford, and includes interviews conducted at Rice University on Rice presidency
- Typescripts of remarks included in the oral history by Marilyn Chapin Massey and John R. Thomas; list of topics not covered in the oral history; a few articles by Pitzer; biographical information and family history
- Language
- eng
- Extent
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- 1 online resource (
- 1 v. (xiii, 544 p.)
- 31 sound cassettes.
- 1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)
- 1 portfolio.
- Note
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- Includes an interview with Jean Mosher Pitzer
- Forms part of: University history oral history series
- Label
- Chemist and administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997 :, 1999
- Title
- Chemist and administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997 :
- Statement of responsibility
- Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer ; with introductions by Robert Curl and Marilyn Chapin Massey. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes and Germaine LaBerge in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Inclusive dates
- 1999
- Subject
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- University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry
- Molecular theory -- Research
- University of California, Berkeley -- Presidents
- Oral histories
- College teachers' spouses -- Interviews
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- University of California (1868-1952), College of Letters and Science
- Rice University -- Presidents -- Interviews
- Chemists -- California -- Interviews
- Electrolyte solutions -- Research
- University of California (1868-1952), College of Chemistry
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Childhood and education in Pomona, B.S. from Caltech; College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1935-1997: graduate student years, G.N. Lewis, William Giauque, Wendell Latimer; postwar expansion and reorganization of the college; Director of Research, Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-1951; research: internal rotation in ethane, ring molecules, corresponding states, relativistic effects on molecular properties, spin species conversion in methane, other condensed state research, ion interaction equations for aqueous electrolytes, Pitzer equations for concentrated solutions; discusses teaching and scientific collaborations, committee work, the research process; presidency of Rice University, 1961-1968, Stanford University, Includes an interview with Jean Mosher Pitzer on faculty wives, College of Chemistry, years at Stanford, and includes interviews conducted at Rice University on Rice presidency
- Typescripts of remarks included in the oral history by Marilyn Chapin Massey and John R. Thomas; list of topics not covered in the oral history; a few articles by Pitzer; biographical information and family history
- Additional physical form
- Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3061 C:1-31.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- CU-BANC
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- University history series
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1914-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pitzer, Kenneth S.
- Form designation
- oral history transcript
- Illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Location of originals duplicates
- Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1914-
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Pitzer, Jean Mosher
- Hughes, Sally Smith
- LaBerge, Germaine
- Curl, Robert Floyd
- Massey, Marilyn Chapin
- Bancroft Library
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- University of California (1868-1952)
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Rice University
- University of California (1868-1952)
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Berkeley
- Chemists
- Molecular theory
- Electrolyte solutions
- College teachers' spouses
- Label
- Chemist and administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997 :, Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer ; with introductions by Robert Curl and Marilyn Chapin Massey. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes and Germaine LaBerge in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Note
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- Includes an interview with Jean Mosher Pitzer
- Forms part of: University history oral history series
- Cumulative index finding aids
- Volume includes index.
- Extent
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- 1 online resource (
- 1 v. (xiii, 544 p.)
- 31 sound cassettes.
- 1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)
- 1 portfolio.
- Form of item
- online
- Materials
-
- Transcript:
- Phonotapes:
- Supplementary material:
- Supplementary material:
- Other physical details
- port.)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Terms governing use
- 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.
- Label
- Chemist and administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997 :, Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer ; with introductions by Robert Curl and Marilyn Chapin Massey. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes and Germaine LaBerge in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Note
-
- Includes an interview with Jean Mosher Pitzer
- Forms part of: University history oral history series
- Cumulative index finding aids
- Volume includes index.
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource (
- 1 v. (xiii, 544 p.)
- 31 sound cassettes.
- 1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)
- 1 portfolio.
- Form of item
- online
- Materials
-
- Transcript:
- Phonotapes:
- Supplementary material:
- Supplementary material:
- Other physical details
- port.)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Terms governing use
- 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.
Subject
- Chemists -- California -- Interviews
- College teachers' spouses -- Interviews
- Electrolyte solutions -- Research
- Molecular theory -- Research
- Oral histories
- Rice University -- Presidents -- Interviews
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- University of California (1868-1952), College of Chemistry
- University of California (1868-1952), College of Letters and Science
- University of California, Berkeley -- Presidents
- University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry
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