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Interview with Don L. Anderson
No full textAn interview in three sessions with Don L. Anderson, Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics. Integrating seismology, solid state physics and geochemistry, Anderson is recognized for his work on the origin, evolution, structure and composition of Earth and other planets. He is a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and has won numerous awards including the National Medal of Science (1998), the Crafoord Prize (1998) and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1988).
Conducted by Shirley Cohen, the interview covers many aspects of Anderson's personal and professional life from his childhood onwards. Session 1 includes discussion of Anderson's education in Maryland and his early interest in geology. He reminisces about his time in the air force, including his research on the properties of polar ice, as well as his subsequent work for Chevron. Anderson also discusses the circumstances enabling him to come to Caltech and the difficult living conditions in California; he recalls his graduate work with Frank Press and reminisces about Caltech faculty, including Arden Albee, Robert Sharp, C. Hewitt Dix, Charles Richter, and Gerald Wasserburg. The second session continues with Anderson's various appointments at the institute and the culture of the Seismology Laboratory in the San Rafael hills. He discusses his work on floating anisotropic plates and other geophysical research, as well as the attempt to maintain the collegial atmosphere of the seismo lab with its move to campus. The final session includes further reminiscences of Charles Richter and Anderson's attempt to understand the Earth's mantle with respect to geochemistry and helium 3; and recent research in surface geology, bathymetry, and plate boundaries. The interview concludes with the events surrounding the Crafoord Prize and the President's medal, along with Anderson's research philosophy and the importance of Caltech seismology
Don Anderson - Emeritus Professor, educational psychologist and sociologist
No full textBiographical introduction: This audio interview, with Dr Don Anderson, is part of the Emeritus Faculty's Oral History Program involving retired staff members of ANU who were part of the university in its earlier life. The Oral History Program was initiated and developed by ANU Emeritus Faculty as a contribution to university and community understanding of the beginnings and development of ANU over the past six decades. Emeritus Faculty has a special interest in this period, since the Faculty's membership includes many of the people who helped shape ANU in those early days, to make it the pre-eminent university it is today
[Bicentennial Concert, Angry Anderson in car, Sydney Entertainment Centre, January 1988] [transparency] /
No full textPart of the Don McMurdo performing arts collection.; Title devised by cataloguer from captions list
Chapter 20: Adding Biostatistician to Research Protocols Raises the Bar of MD Anderson Research
No full textIn this chapter, Dr. Elting explains how it became a requirement to include a biostatistician to all MD Anderson research protocols. When Dr. Don Berry was recruited to head the Department of Biostatistics, this new requirement was a condition for accepting the position.
Dr. Elting agreed with his requirement and talks about its significance. She explains how important a biostatistician’s view can be in designing and protocol as well as interpreting data. (She comments on the design of research conducted by pharmaceutical companies.) She talks about the positive effect on MD Anderson research.
Dr. Elting observes that PIs were at first skeptical, because they didn’t know how they would pay for biostatistics services, but Don Berry secured substantial funds from MD Anderson to provide this support free of charge and most people were happy to have the help.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1721/thumbnail.jp
Presentation of the Arthur L. Day Medal to Don L. Anderson
No full textI am honored to present to you Dr. Don L.
Anderson, this year's recipient of the Arthur L.
Day Medal. Note the immediate link between
the two: the reversed initials
The Interdisciplinary Earth: a Volume in Honor of Don L. Anderson
No full textThis volume is a memorial to Don L. Anderson, former director of the Seismological Laboratory of the Caltech Institute of Technology, recipient of the Crafoord Prize, the National Medal of Honor, and numerous other awards. A geophysicist extraordinaire, he contributed much to our understanding of the structure and dynamics of the interior of Earth. The book, comprised largely of chapters written at Anderson's invitation, reflects his interdisciplinary career. It includes papers on anisotropy, the seismic structure of the mantle, mantle convection, the statistics of melting anomalies, planetary geology, tectonics, the thermal budget of Earth, lithospheric structure, geochemistry, and flood basalts
Don Peyton Interview
No full textAn interview with Don Peyton, conducted by Hope Anderson and Camille Davis
Promise - Spring 2021
No full textBridge funding supports researchers amid COVID-19 Couple’s gift propels innovation in drug development MD Anderson names endowed award recipients Sherry Adkins receives MD Anderson’s highest nursing honor Advisory boards gather virtually, renew connections Walmart raises millions to support cancer research and education at MD Anderson A Conversation With a Living Legend® raises more than $2.2 million MD Anderson employee honors wife’s legacy with fundraiser Pediatric cancer patients score big with Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Dash Adenoid cystic carcinoma survivor shares his cancer journey Researcher gives back to school where he taught Meet MD Anderson Board of Visitors Chair Don Evans Long-term look at myeloma offers new insights HEB Campaign benefits MD Anderson programs Spotlighting the Virtual Making Cancer History® Seminar Series Gastric cancer researcher leverages foundation giving into major federal funding Philanthropy supports extraordinary nurseshttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/promise/1004/thumbnail.jp
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