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Title	[Interview with George Michael Volkoff, UBC Professors Emeriti Oral History Project, Part I]
Creator	Volkoff, George Michael
Contributor	Carroll, Ann
Date	1990-05-23
Description	1. Life in Russia during the Revolution : Canada and then Harbin, Manchuria : life as a student at UBC : meeting his future wife : Gordon Shrum and Gordon Hebb : applying to graduate school in the U.S. : work on his PhD under Oppenheimer and the theory of neutron stars. 2. Continuation of discussion of theory of neutron stars : about being a theoretical physicist : work on allied war effort at the Universite de Montreal to develop atomic bombs : work designing first reactor to be used at Chalk River : professor at UBC : developing graduate program at UBC : work as head of Dept. of Physics : Morris Price.
Extent	1 reel-to-reel audio recording
Genre	Interviews
Type	Sound
FileFormat	audio/mpeg
Language	English
Notes	In 1990, Ann Carroll conducted interviews with nine members of the Alumni Association's Professor Emeriti Division. Those interviewed included: J. Lewis Robinson, Benjamin Nelson Moyls, Joseph A. Gardner, Beryl Elizabeth March, George Michael Volkoff, Sadie Boyles, Robert M. Clark, M.W. Steinberg, and Margaret Street. Many of the interviewees talked about student days at UBC as well as their professional activities and changes they witnessed in their departments during their careers at the University.
Identifier	UBC AT 1758-1
Collection	UBC Professors Emeriti Oral History Project fonds
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. University Archives. UBC Professors Emeriti Oral History Project fonds. UBC AT 1758-1
Date Available	2006-11-07
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Digital copies of recordings are provided for research and personal use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use this material must be obtained from the UBC Archives.http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/
DOI	10.14288/1.0135464
AggregatedSourceRepository	CONTENTdm

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