Wilczek, Frank interviewed by Barbara Moran, 2011 October 27
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This series contains transcripts of oral history interviews conducted between 2007 and 2012 for the MIT 150th anniversary Infinite History project. Transcripts are digital-only. Interviewed individuals include: Harold (Hal) Abelson, Deborah G. Ancona, Karen W. Arenson, Lawrence S. Bacow, Lotte Bailyn, David L. Baltimore, Cynthia Barnhart, Angela M. Belcher, Leo L. Beranek, Suzanne Berger, Timothy J. Berners-Lee, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Donald L.M. Blackmer, Gene M. Brown, Vladimir Bulovic, Claude R. Canizares, James A. Champy, Yung Ho Chang, A. Noam Chomsky, Phillip L. Clay, Isaac Colbert, Brit J. d’Arbeloff, John M. Deutch, Peter A. Diamond, John DiFava, Mildred Dresselhaus, John Essigmann, Robert R. Everett, Robert M. Fano, Woodie C. Flowers, Jay Forrester, Jerome I. Friedman, Joseph G. Gavin, Jr., Martha L. Gray, Priscilla K. Gray, Paul E. Gray, Ann M. Graybiel, Paula T. Hammond, Ellen T. Harris, Wesley L. Harris, Daniel E. Hastings, George N. Hatsopoulos, William J. Hecht, Susan Hockfield, Nancy H. Hopkins, H. Robert Horvitz, Tyler Jacks, Shirley A. Jackson, Howard W. Johnson, Wolfgang Ketterle, Philip S. Khoury, John G. King, Daniel Kleppner, Robert S. Langer, Jr., Richard Larson, Frank Thomson Leighton, Steven R. Lerman, Richard K. Lester, Walter H.G. Lewin, Barbara Liskov, Andrew W. Lo, Thomas L. Magnanti, Patrick J. McGovern, James D. McLurkin, Dana G. Mead, Robert C. Merton, David A. Mindell, Marvin Minsky, William J. Mitchell , Shigeru Miyagawa, Fred Moavenzadeh, Ernest J. Moniz, Walter E. Morrow, Jr., Joel Moses, Carl Mueller, Nicholas Negroponte, Dava J. Newman, John A. Ochsendorf, A. Neil Pappalardo, Paul L. Penfield, Jr., James M. Poterba, William F. Pounds, Robert M. Randolph, Robert Redwine, John S. Reed, L. Rafael Reif, Edward B. Roberts, Daniel Roos, Candace Royer, Donald R. Sadoway, Paul A. Samuelson, Bishwapriya Sanyal, Lawrence Sass, Stuart Schmill, Richard R. Schrock, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Phillip A. Sharp, Robert J. Silbey, Isadore Singer, Eugene B. Skolnikoff, Kenneth A. Smith, Merritt Roe Smith, Robert M. Solow, Raymond S. Stata, Charles Stewart III, Catherine N. Stratton, Glenn P. Strehle, Subra Suresh, Lester C. Thurow, Samuel C.C. Ting, Glen L. Urban, J. Kim Vandiver, Charles M. Vest, Rebecca M. Vest, Emily V. Wade, Mary Frances Wagley, D. Reid Weedon, Jr., Sheila E. Widnall, Frank Wilczek, Rosalind H. Williams, Kathryn Willmore, Gerald L. Wilson, J. Meejin Yoon, Barrie R. Zesiger, and Maria T. Zuber.
Dates
- 2011 October 27
Conditions Governing Access
Most materials in this collection are restricted for 20 years from their date of creation. The contents of folders that are more than 20 years old are open. Series 4: MIT150 Infinite History interviews transcripts is fully open for access.
Extent
From the Series: 14.8 Megabytes (130 digital files)
Language of Materials
English
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nobel prize winners Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- Physics -- History -- 20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- From the Series: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Events Office (Organization)
Repository Details
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