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Interview with Gordon J. Stanley on 12 August 1981
Title
Interview with Gordon J. Stanley on 12 August 1981
Description
Gordon J. Stanley, 1921-2001. Interviewed 12 August 1981 at the URSI Meeting in Washington, D.C., length of interview: 130 minutes.
Creator
Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III
Rights
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Type
Oral history interview
Interviewer
Sullivan, Woodruff T., III
Interviewee
Stanley, Gordon J.
Location
Washington, D.C.
Original Format
Audio cassette tape
Duration
130 minutes
Interview Date
1981-08-12
Interview Topics
1946-52 with Bolton on radio source catalogs, identifications, scintillation, etc. (also a bit of first ~1946 solar work in Radiophysics); New Zealand expedition of ~1948; key decisions in CSIRO/Radiophysics on new aerials (Mills X, Parkes) and personalities involved; 1955-62 at Owens Valley (+30ft on Palomar); relationship to optical astronomers; many opinions on people.
Series
Working Files Series
Unit
Individuals Unit
Citation
Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III, “Interview with Gordon J. Stanley on 12 August 1981,” NRAO Archives, accessed January 17, 2021, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/15218.