Ian and Catherine Campbell, geologists
Subtitle: teaching, government service, editing
By: interview conducted by Eleanor Swent ; introductions by Gordon B. Oakeshott and Donald W. Peterson ; Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Swent, Eleanor.; Oakeshott, Gordon B., 1904-; Peterson, Donald W. 1925-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: Campbell, Ian, 1899-1978.; California. Division of Mines and Geology.; Geological Survey of California.; Geological Society of America.; Geologists -- United States -- Biography.
Other titles: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
Description: Mrs. Campbell, Ph.D, a technical editor in geology, speaks about her life with Ian Campbell, and their many joint professional activities. Ian Campbell was California State Geologist, and chief of the California Division of Mines and Geology from 1959-1969. Prior to that he spent nearly three decades as a professor of petrology and mineralogy at the California Institute of Technology. He served in executive capacities to several professional associations, notably the Geological Society of America.