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Interview of Donald McLean by Brian Shoemaker
No full textAdams, Chuck, pilot, pp. 4-5, 10, 25
Budson, Dick, British physician, pp. 17
Darlington, Harry, pilot, pp. 2-5, 14-16, 18, 22
Darlington, Jenny, wife of Harry, pp. 2-5, 16
Dodson, Bob, pp. 9, 12, 27
Gutenko, Sig, camp cook, pp. 11
Lassiter, Jim, head pilot, pp. 4-5
Latady, Bill, photographer, pp. 3, 27
McClary, Nelson, pp. 2, 9-11, 17, 26
Nickles, Bob, geologist, p. 19
Peterson, Harris-Clichy, expert on cosmic rays, pp. 9, 19
Robertson, Jim, airplane mechanic, p. 3
Ronne, Edith “Jackie,” wife of Finn, pp. 2-6, 16
Ronne, Finn, mentioned throughout document
Schlossback, Ike, pilot, pp. 3, 9, 22-24
Stonehouse, Bernard, British ornithologist, p. 7
Thompson, Andy, geophysicist, pp. 2, 11, 19, 21-11
Walton, Kevin, member of British Antarctic team, pp. 7, 17The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Dr_Donald_McLean.mp3Dr. Donald McLean, a medical doctor and surgeon, participated in the Ronne Antarctic Expedition during 1946 and 1947. After being interviewed by Finn and Jackie Ronne in Washington, D.C., McLean joined the ship in December 1946 for the voyage south to Antarctica. En route he visited Panama, Valparaiso and Punta Arenas. In Chile there was discussion about the wisdom of having two women, Jackie Ronne, and Jenny Darlington, wife of the pilot, Harry, join the expedition. In fact, they did so, and became the first women to over-winter in Antarctica. At first the two women were good friends, but when Finn Ronne demoted Harry Darlington as Chief Pilot of the expedition, even before the ship reached Antarctica, the women’s friendship abruptly ended.
Approaching Antarctica, the ship anchored near Stonington Island. Admiral Byrd had established his East Base there previously, although it had since been abandoned, and was later ransacked by the Chileans and Argentines. There were 23 members of the Ronne Antarctic Expedition counting the two women. The British had already established another base just a quarter mile away. It had 13 members, including Bernard Stonehouse, an ornithologist. Ronne ordered the Americans to have little to do with the British.
The Americans, however, did need to use the British dog teams to run cover for the planes. Most of the dogs Ronne had brought from home had died en route. What was left of the American dog team was unreliable. The dog teams also functioned as potential rescue backups for the planes in the event of a crash. One British plane crashed and the crew was rescued. Several dog sled trips were made to different locations. One trip of about 400 miles lasted for eight weeks. McLean participated with the British in one survey trip of several weeks across the Palmer Peninsula. Control points were surveyed where caches, including 50-gallon drums of fuel, could be left to service the planes. The British dog team also proved invaluable when one of the Americans, Harris-Clichy Peterson, fell in a crevasse, and with the aid of the dog team was found alive and rescued two days later. He suffered no permanent ill effects. Nelson McClary once tumbled 50 feet over the edge of a glacier, but he too was rescued unharmed. In fact Mclean reports there were no serious injuries or any serious illness during the Expedition, although he himself once suffered a broken ankle.
The split between Finn Ronne and Harry Darlington caused tension in the camp. About one-third of the crew sided with the Darlingtons, about one-third with Ronne, and about one-third in the middle. One’s position at the dinner table was a clear indication of his personal relationship to Ronne. Darlington and Ronne always sat at opposite ends of the table. What Ronne really wanted from the team was “a great deal of respect, but didn’t get it because he didn’t seem to deserve it.” For example he resorted to petty punishments of his critics by taking away their jam and jelly.
Despite Ronne’s objections, McLean cultivated a relationship with the nearby British team, especially the British doctor, Dick Budson. The British were never invited to visit the American base, and there was never any mutual socializing on holidays such as Christmas or New Year’s. McLean, however, visited the British base on several occasions for scones and tea. For many years he maintained a friendship with Kevin Walton. Years later, Walton gave McLean an American flag that he had stolen from the American base. McLean donated it to the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State.
There were several principal scientists on the Expedition. These included two geologists, Bob Nickles and Bob Dodson; Andy Thompson, a geophysicist; and H.C. Peterson, a cosmologist. As for Finn Ronne, McLean said that he did a great job of organizing and planning the expedition, including fund raising, but he was very petty in his criticisms and not a great leader. He once drew a beautiful map of a penguin rookery McLean planned to visit, but usually he was not seen as a sharing individual or one who had warm feelings for others. He had a “tremendous ego,” and sometimes became emotionally upset. Typically he would turn his back and walk away from confrontational situations.
Most of McLean’s usual duties were not related to medicine. Aboard ship he stood regular watch, and took care of the sick dogs. On shore he helped Andy Thompson with his seismograph recordings. He sought to keep in personal contact with all team members, including Finn Ronne. Ronne did not come to realize until the end of the Expedition how little respect McLean had for him. McLean was very close to Harry Darlington and Andy Thompson, and they remained friends for life. Ike Schlossback was a valuable member of the expedition. He had been a submariner and a pilot, and was always friendly and fair. Many years later he lived with the McLean’s for two months before entering a retirement home.
The Ronne Antarctic Expedition ended in March, 1948, and arrived back in the states in June. Their departure from Antarctica was facilitated by the icebreakers Edisto and Burton Island. Had Jenny Darlington not been pregnant, the expedition might have stayed on an additional year. McLean returned to active duty in the Navy and served for two years in Greenland. He became a specialist in micro-surgery. After his service in Greenland ended, McLean left the Navy and went into private practice in Alaska. But he considers his polar experiences to have been instrumental in his later interests and successes in life.
Major Topics
Recollections of the Finn Ronne Antarctic Expedition, 1947-1948
Leadership style of Finn Ronne
Contributions of other team members of the Expedition
Personal interactions and occasional conflicts
Occasional contacts with a nearby British base, including use of their dog teamsFunded by a grant from the National Science Foundation
Interview of Donald Carpenter by Brian Shoemaker
No full text1. Bob Helliwell-pp.1,2,11-14,21-24,27-28,32,35
2. Ed Coleman-pp.5-7,9-10
3. Kingsley Davis-pp.11
4. Mollet Morgan-pp.12
5. Owen Story-pp.13,21,26
6. John Katsavrakas-pp.14,27,41
7. Thorrie-pp.21
8. Bob Smith-pp.21-22
9. Neil Brice-pp.23-24,30
10. John Behrendt, pp.24
11. Martin-pp.25
12. Ernst Gehrels-pp.26
13. Arnold Shostak-pp.27
14. Irene Peden-pp.28
15. Myron Swaron-pp.28
16. Don Reynolds-pp.28
17. Run Sefton-pp.31
18. Chung Park-pp.31
19. Michael Trimpi-pp.32-34,48,51
20. Mollet Morgan-pp.34
21. Bob Vanowski-pp.35
22. Constantine Greengals-pp.36-37
23. Sig Bauer pp.38
24. Ev Pascal-pp.41,46
25. Bill Tabucco-pp.41,46
26. Paul Kentner-pp.44
27. John Billay-pp.43
28. Ted Rosenburg-pp.45
29. Rob Flint-pp.45-46Dr. Carpenter and parents moved from Spokane, Washington to Portland, Oregon when he was 5 years old. His two grandfathers were faculty members at two different universities. His father became leader of communications for Northwest Bell. Dr. Carpenter’s first degree was in political science. While in the U.S. Navy he went to an electronics school and later was called for the Korean War. Academics were very important to him, though he was unfocused for a time. He studied a variety of subjects, including Russian at Columbia University. After not being cleared for positions with the U.S. Information Agency and with the CIA, he enrolled in electrical engineering at Stanford.
As a student, he was looking at the data from the "Whistler’s West" IGY program. Research workers were studying the influence of large solar storms on communications; they determined that the plasma around the earth diminished in density. Carpenter observed that the change in density was greater at the higher latitudes then at lower latitudes. Low frequency radio waves can interact with particles. He deduced the sharp discontinuity in space. The whistlers would reflect back and forth along the magnetic field. Siple Station in Antarctica was located to receive whistler activity from a wide range of latitudes.
From the data collected in 1963 and 1965 Carpenter was able to describe the plasmashere.
Dr. Carpenter stresses the contributions of persons like Mike Trimpi, who have unique talents in designing and collecting field data. Constantine Greengals, a Russian scientist, collected data that supported the drop in density. The data supported Carpenter’s data, but scientists in both countries were not convinced. He described the use of rockets launched from Siple Station in 1980-81 to observe properties of the wave as it entered the ionosphere.
Rob Flint directed a project at the Plateau Station to study the inactions of the low frequency radio noise with the optical emissions (Southern Lights),
Dr. Carpenter describes the tug-of-war between the earth and the sun on the plasma. Although radiation from the sun produces currents on earth, he is not sure that the sun causes "space weather".
Major Topics
1. As a graduate in electrical engineering, to analyze data about the "whistlers"; and lead to study of plasmapause.
2. School years were spent in Portland, Oregon.
3. Years in undergraduate studies and in military service are described.
4. At Whistler’s West network, found that the clearest tones came from lightning.
5. The changes in whistler activity related to the distribution of charge particles with height and associated with solar storms.
6. Something was causing the earth’s plasma to greatly diminish in density.
7. Propagation velocity of a pulse or wave packet along the Earth’s magnetic field is slower than the speed of light in a vacuum, a slow wave.
8. By placing a station at each end of the magnetic field, e.g. Byrd Station and Great Whale River, Canada, whistlers and other natural noises could be studied.
9. During the IGY, Carpenter compared the characteristics of whistlers received at various stations. He was able to deduce from the data that there is a sharp discontinuity in space.
10. The Eight Station in Antarctica had no local lightning activity. They verified that not only direct signals from the Navy transmitters but also delayed signals could be received.
11. Cold plasma provides the propagation medium for waves but hot plasma can exchange energy.
12. Siple was an ideal station because it was on a stable ice sheet, a conjugate point, signals could be received in an accessible region of Canada, and saw abundant whistler activity from many latitudes.
13. The studies of the wave environment of the earth were extended by using orbiting geophysical observations.Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation
Life is too short to be serious all the time: Donald Duck presents unconventional motivations for publishing in academia
No full textIn this food for thought article, we introduce the ‘Donald Duck Phenomenon’ to consider ten unconventional reasons for publishing in academia. These include (i) symbolic immortality, (ii) personal satisfaction, (iii) a sense of pride, (iv) serious leisure, (v) cause credibility, (vi) altruism, (vii) collaboration with a friend or family member, (viii) collaboration with a hero, (ix) conflict or revenge, and (x) for amusement. The article was inspired by the lead author’s social media search for a co-author with the surname ‘Duck’. Through LinkedIn, the lead author, Associate Professor William E. Donald, who is based in the UK and specialises in Sustainable Careers and Human Resource Management, found a collaborator, Dr Nicholas Duck, based in Australia and specialises in Organisational Psychology. While the collaboration may appear somewhat ‘quackers’, per one of Donald Duck’s famous phrases, “Life is too short to be serious all the time, so if you can’t laugh at yourself then call me… I’ll laugh at you, for you”. We hope that this article offers some interesting insights, particularly for academics at the start of their scholarly journey, and acts as a way to stimulate conversation around unconventional reasons for publishing in academia
Juvenile delinquency
No full text"Juvenile Delinquency offers a timely, comprehensive look at the unlawful and criminal behavior of young persons and the manner in which the criminal justice system treats the young. In this highly readable text, Donald J. Shoemaker explores the social issues of race, class, and gender and their impact on youth. After grounding readers with a historical perspective, Shoemaker presents a series of sharply focused chapters on schooling, religion, and family, as well as sections on drug use, gangs, and female delinquency, With a strong emphasis on the importance of theory and practice, Juvenile Delinquency is a must-read for everyone trying to understand crime and youth culture."--BOOK JACKET
Author and literary critic Donald Shaw
No full textAuthor and literary critic Donald Shaw, b&w.https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon_photo_morgue/1399/thumbnail.jp
Donald Elder papers
No full textDonald Elder (1913-1965) was an editor with Doubleday, Doran and Co., which published the English translation of José Joaquín Fernandez de Lizardi's The Itching Parrot in Katherine Anne Porter's name. He was also the author of Ring Lardner, A Biography. The collection consists of correspondence between him and Porter. Important subjects include writers and writing and Porter's personal interests and opinions, as well as The Itching Parrot and Ship of Fools
"Letter with No Address" - Poem by Donald Hall
No full textDonald Hall reads his poem "Letter with No Address," an epistolary poem written for his late wife, the poet Jane Kenyon. Hall is a former U.S. Poet Laureate and the author of 16 books of poetry, as well as fiction.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85036/1/letterwithnoaddress_donalhall.mp
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Letter from [Donald Hata] to Michi Weglyn August 25, 1977
No full textThis letter from Donald Hata to Michi Weglyn thanks her for her time and effort in her response to his student's request for assistance and information about the "Peruvian internees." He also informs her that the review he wrote of her book had just been published in the "Journal of American history," and also updates her on his promotion to full professor at the university.Collection of notes, articles, correspondence, photographs, and term papers collected by Yukio Mochizuki, a student at CSU Dominguez Hills, while researching Japanese American incarceration and Japanese Peruvian internment during World War II
We\u27ll Find the Place: Chapter 3 My Youth
No full textText Document, Chapter 3 My Youth From the Book "We\u27ll Find the Place" By Earl Donald Attridge Recollections of his youth, a smattering of contemporary psychology theory on homosexuality, encounters with religion and with other gay youth (author was same age range as the youth at time of encounters) and gay menConverted from .html to .pdf for compatibilit
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