Interview with Kevin C. Westfold

Description

Kevin C. Westfold, 1921-2001. Interviewed 13 March 1978 by telephone from Sydney to Monash University, Victoria, length of interview: 60 minutes.

Creator

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III

Rights

Contact Archivist for details. See Addresses Needed.

Type

Oral History

Interviewer

Sullivan, Woodruff T., III

Interviewee

Westfold, Kevin C.

Original Format of Digital Item

Audio cassette tape

Duration

60 minutes

Interview Topics

~1949+ equation of transfer, etc. of radio waves in sun; theory of solar bursts; role as a theorist in Radiophysics; 100-MHz galactic background survey with Bolton and its interpretation; collisional and polarization effects in a plasma; 1957-58 at Cal Tech.

Start Date

1978-03-13

Series

Working Files Series

Unit

Individuals Unit

Citation

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III, “Interview with Kevin C. Westfold,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed November 19, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/15291.