Westphal, J. A. (James Adolph), 1930-2004-
Oral history interview with James Westphal, 1998.
Interview includes substantial personal, institutional and scientific history. Westphal relates his activities in a range of areas including geology, physics, optics, astronomy, and instrument building. He has been director of the Palomar Observatory (1933-1997), acting co-director of the Keck Observatory, and active at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The interview includes the story of his design of the Wide-Field Planetary Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope, beginning in 1977.
Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, 1966-1998.
California Institute of Technology -- Faculty.
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) -- History.
W. M. Keck Observatory -- Administration.
Palomar Observatory -- Administration.
Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction.
Astronomy -- Research -- 20 century.
Geology.
Optics.
Cohen, Shirley, 1922- interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
California Institute of Technology. Institute Archives. 1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA