Researcher and educator in electromagnetics, microwaves, and optoelectronics, 1935-1995; Dean of the College of Engineering, UC Berkeley, 1959-1963 :
oral history transcript /
John R. Whinnery ; with an introduction by Donald O. Pederson ; interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1994. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
1996.

Description

Main Author

Whinnery, John R.

Related Names

Pederson, Donald O.
Susskind, Charles, interviewee.
Lage, Ann, interviewer.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Subjects

University of California, Berkeley. > University of California, Berkeley. / School of Engineering.
Electrical engineers > Electrical engineers / California > Electrical engineers / California / Berkeley > Electrical engineers / California / Berkeley / Interviews.
Oral histories.

Summary

Whinnery discusses his family background and early education at the University of California, Berkeley; his early career at General Electric; his return to Berkeley as a graduate student, lecturer, and associate professor; his years as Dean of the College of Engineering; and his service to governmental and scientific agencies.

Note

Forms part of: College of Engineering oral history series.
Also available online.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2836 C:1-14.

Physical Description

Supplementary materials, chiefly poems by Whinnery, and transcript of a 1988 interview by Charles Susskind : 1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Phonotapes: 14 sound cassettes.
Transcript: 1 v. (vii, 273 p., [5] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 28 cm.

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