Oral History Interviews

Interviews that offer unique insights into the lives, works, and personalities of modern scientists

Search results

Displaying 1 - 2 of total 2 results:

Shankland Robert A1

Robert Shankland - Session II

Interviewed by: 
Loyd S. Swenson, Jr.
Interview date: 
Wednesday, 21 August 1974
Location: 
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Family life and early childhood environment; undergraduate studies at Case School for Applied Sciences, 1925-1929; M.S., 1933; influence of Dayton C. Miller; reanalysis of Miller’s absolute motion experiments, meetings with Albert Einstein; National Bureau of Standards (NBS) work on ionosphere and standard frequency regulation, 1929-1930; contact with University of Chicago, l930s and 1940s, thesis work on photon scattering under Arthur H.

Shankland Robert A1

Robert Shankland - Session I

Interviewed by: 
Loyd S. Swenson, Jr.
Interview date: 
Tuesday, 20 August 1974
Location: 
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Family life and early childhood environment; undergraduate studies at Case School for Applied Sciences (1925-29), M.S. 1933, influence of D.C. Miller; reanalysis of Miller’s absolute motion experiments, meetings with Einstein; National Bureau of Standards work on ionosphere and standard frequency regulation 1929-30; contact with University of Chicago (1930’s and 1940’s), thesis work on photon scattering under A.H.