Haurwitz, Bernhard
Bernhard Haurwitz papers, 1920s-1986.
The collection includes his library of scientific publications of Dr. Haurwitz and his academic associates encompassing a wide variety of topics including: physics, neurology, meteorology, and Oceanography, as well as: recordings, photographs and biographical information including a card index, and tape recordings with printed transcripts of his 1983 oral history interviews by George Platzman.
Bernhard Haurwitz (1905-1986) was born in Germany and received his Ph.D. in meteorology and geophysics, from the University of Leipzig in 1927. Having accepted a short appontment at MIT in 1932, Haurwitz chose not to return to Germany following Adolph Hitler's rise to power. He conducted meteorology research MIT and Harvard (1932-1935). He served at University of Toronto (1935-1941) as a Fellow and Lecturer at MIT (1941-1947) as a member, an Associate of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (1947-1955) and NYU (1947-1959) as chairman of Meteorology. He came West to UCB (1959-1964), Alaska (1964-1973) and NCAR (1964-1973) on split year appointments, and CSU (1973-1983), rostered as a member of appropriate faculties.
Haurwitz, Bernhard
Platzman, George W.
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