Charles Smyth, Princeton, New Jersey: an interview by Robert Miller
Alternative Title
No. 71, Charles Smyth, interview by Robert Miller
Creator
Smyth, Charles Phelps, 1895-1990
Contributor
Miller, Robert L.; Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date
1984-11-01
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Smyth, Charles Phelps, 1895-1990--Interviews; Princeton University--Faculty--Biography; Chemistry teachers--Biography; Eyring, Henry, 1901-1981--Biography; University of Utah--Faculty--Biography
Description
Transcript (26 pages) of interview by Robert Miller with Princeton chemistry professor Charles Phelps Smyth on November 1, 1984.This interview is no. 71 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape nos. U-217
Abstract
Smyth recalls his academic background in chemistry at Princeton, 1920-1963; recounts his association there with Henry Eyring, 1930s-1940s; and gives his evaluation of Eyring as a scientist. Interviewer: Robert Miller
