[Cover of Sullivan's book 2009, Cosmic Noise]
Sullivan's Cosmic Noise, Cambridge University Press, 2009


NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III: Tapes Series

Interviewee: William E. Gordon

William E. Gordon, 1918-2010. Interviewed 4 August 1978 at the URSI Meeting in Helsinki, length of interview: 27 minutes.

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: 1958-63 as prime mover behind Arecibo dish funding and construction; idea of incoherent e- scatter, line feed and spherical dish, military funding.

See Gordon, William E. [Interview Date: August 4, 1978] for a transcript of this interview.

Sullivan's files include: Publications card, transcription of Sullivan's interview, archival material


Modified on Thursday, 17-Jan-2013 10:45:13 EST by Ellen Bouton, Archivist (Questions or feedback)