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Family, education, studies at MIT; graduate work in mechanical engineering, UC Berkeley; hydraulics research and consultations, 1928-1941: contributions to coastal engineering, Pacific Coast Survey; WWII, consulting for armed services, Manhattan Project, E. O. Lawrence, Robert Oppenheimer, Engineering Science and Manpower War Training program, Bikini Atoll bomb tests; Dean of College of Engineering, UC Berkeley, 1943-1958: campus politics, faculty recruitment, post-war expansion of graduate education, facilities, research units, institutes; Loyalty Oath controversy, committee and tenure systems, University presidents Sproul and Kerr; consulting engineer, General Electric, 1947-1988: jet engine design, nuclear power, GE's relations with government, research and development issues for large companies, university-government-industry relationship, problem-solving; advisory posts. Appendices include writings by O'Brien and material from notebooks and files.

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Title
Morrough P. O'Brien: Dean of the College of Engineering, Pioneer in Coastal Engineering, and Consultant to General Electric
Creator
O'Brien, Morrough P., interviewee
Ziebarth, Marilyn, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 1988
Full Collection Name
Education and University of California Oral Histories Individual Interviews
Subject (Topic)
Education, University of California
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Oral histories.
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The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
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O'Brien, Morrough P. "Morrough P. O'Brien: Dean of the College of Engineering, Pioneer in Coastal Engineering, and Consultant to General Electric." Interview by Marilyn Ziebarth in 1986, 1987 and 1988. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1988.
Interview date(s) 1986
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