Dean of the College of Engineering, pioneer in coastal engineering, and consultant to General Electric :, 1986-1988

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Label

Dean of the College of Engineering, pioneer in coastal engineering, and consultant to General Electric :, 1986-1988

Statement of responsibility

Morrough Parker O'Brien ; with introductions by Clark Kerr, Robert L. Wiegel, Gerhard Neumann, and Robert G. Dean ; interview conducted by Marilyn Ziebarth. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Inclusive dates

1986-1988

Creator

• O'Brien, Morrough P., (Morrough Parker), 1902-1988

Contributor

• Neumann, Gerhard
• Kerr, Clark, 1911-
• Wiegel, Robert L
• Dean, Robert G., (Robert George), 1930-
• Ziebarth, Marilyn

Interviewee

• Ziebarth, Marilyn

Subject

• Engineers -- California | Berkeley -- Interviews
• Oral histories
• Coastal engineering
• University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering
• General Electric Company

Genre

• Oral histories

Language

eng

Summary

Discusses his family background, and engineering education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Berkeley, 1928-1941. He also discusses his research, consulting with the military, and academic studies during World War II. Includes reminiscences of the College of Engineering, 1943-1958, the years he served as Dean. In addition, he speaks of his long relationship as consultant to General Electric, and offers observations on the relationship between university-industry research and development

Member of

• College of Engineering oral history series
• University history series

Additional physical form

Audio tape recording of the interview also available as Phonotape 2169 C:1-23

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

CU-BANC

Form designation

oral history transcript

Illustrations

illustrations

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