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Interview with Gerald M. Smith
Get PDFAn interview in October 1992 with Gerald M. Smith, project manager for the W. M. Keck Observatory’s two 10-meter telescopes on Mauna Kea until his retirement in 1996.
He recalls his early interest in electrical engineering and his work, after graduating from USC (1963), at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on vidicon cameras for the Ranger, Mariner, Viking, and Voyager missions. In 1976, he is recruited by Robert Kraemer to help build NASA’s 3.1-meter telescope on Mauna Kea. Later becomes deputy project manager for IRAS (Infrared Astronomical Satellite) back at JPL, working under Kane Casani. After its successful launch (1983), he is recruited by Harold Ticho as project manager for the 10-meter telescope the University of California hoped to build on Mauna Kea. He recalls later involvement of Caltech and the Keck Foundation in funding the project.
Discusses telescope’s design; Caltech/UC partnership; leadership of then Caltech provost Rochus E. Vogt and physics division chair Edward C. Stone; his conflicts with project scientist Jerry Nelson. Difficulties with Itek, the manufacturer of the segmented mirrors. Comments on current delays in instrument building.
He concludes the interview with recollections of his family’s stay in Hawaii in 1941, at the time of Pearl Harbor
Rose, Gerald M. (FA 438)
Get PDFFinding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 438. Paper: Sharecropping written by Gerald M. Rose for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class
Horey, Gerald M, [No Service Number]
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/393265Surname: HOREY. Given Name(s) or Initials: GERALD M. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: [No Registration Number]. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 48725.214034
Item: [2016.0049.25558] "Horey, Gerald M, [No Service Number]
Gerald M. Young Oil Exploration Truck
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Gerald M. Phillips\u27 Devotion to Basic Communication Skills
Get PDFThe passing of Gerald M. Phillips in April 1995 left a void only partially filled by his students and communication scholars familiar with his work. His commitment to basic communication instruction spanned a lifetime of research and service (including Jerry\u27s serving on the editorial board of the Annual over the last two years.)
Julia Wood, long-time colleague, co-author, student and friend, remembers Jerry for his substantial contributions to basic communication instruction and the speech communication field
Gerald M. Young Oil Exploration Truck
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Gerald M. Young Oil Exploration Equipment
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Gerald M. Young Oil Exploration Trucks
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Gerald M. Frankel
No full textSeries 328 | Board of Pardons | Prisoners' pardon application case files | Gerald M. FrankelCase files consist of letters to the Governor, a formal application for a pardon, petitions and letters of support from the public and officials connected to the case. Cases illustrate the process of review by the board of cases of prisoners incarcerated in the Utah prison system to determine if they should be released before their regular sentence ended
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