Sproull, Robert L.
Oral history interview with Robert Sproull, 1983 July 11.
Topics discussed by Robert Sproull include: solid state sciences panel of the Office of Naval Research (ONR); Materials Science Center; Fred Seitz; Harvey Brooks; Inyokern; his work at the naval laboratories, Cornell University, and the Department of Defence's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA); Johnny von Neumann; Julius Harwood; his time as editor of the Journal of Applied Physics; his work in solid state and atomic physics; Lyman Parratt; Nuclear Studies Laboratory.
Robert Sproull (1918- ): American physicist and United States department of defense official, head of the laboratory of atomic and solid state physics (LASSP), and was provost, vice president, and later president of the University of Rochester.
Brooks, Harvey
Harwood, Julius J.,
Parratt, Lyman G. (Lyman George)
Seitz, Frederick, 1911-2008
Sproull, Robert L.
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.
Cornell University -- Faculty.
Cornell University. Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics.
Cornell University. Laboratory of Nuclear Studies.
Cornell University -- Research.
Naval Ordnance Test Station (Inyokern, Calif.)
United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency.
United States. Office of Naval Research
Journal of applied physics.
Naval research.
Solid state physics.
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Weart, Spencer R., 1942-, interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA