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Wilson, James T. (James Tinley), 1914-
James T. Wilson papers, 1940-1978.
Files relating to his professional career, especially his interest in seismology and investigations into earthquake reduction; and photographs.
James Tinley Wilson (1914-1978). Educated at Porterville Junior College, and the University of California, Berkeley. (A.B. 1935, geology; Ph.D. 1939, seismology). In 1940, Wilson came to the University of Michigan as an instructor in the Geology Department. During the war, Wilson and his wife Martha Wheeler (married 1943) went to Mineola, Long Island, where Wilson joined Columbia University's Division of War Research. He helped work on some of the earliest forms of sonar. After the War, the Wilsons returned to Ann Arbor. By 1955, Wilson was appointed Professor of Geology. The following year he became the Chairman of the Department, a position he held until 1961. In 1960, he joined the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) as associate director and became the director in 1964. Wilson's interests were primarily in seismology, particularly in the areas of earthquake reduction and the monitoring of (underground) nuclear explosions. He was best known for his work on the effects of crystal structure upon the dispersion of Rayleigh and Love Waves.
Earthquakes.
Geology.
Seismology
Photographic prints. ftamc
University of Michigan -- Faculty.
University of Michigan. Institute of Science and Technology.
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University of Michigan. Bentley Historical Library. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
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