The following are selections from taped interviews of Dr. William O. Baker conducted in 2002 and 2003 by Dr. A. Michael Noll. The interviews were done in his office at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ or at the King James Care Center in Chatham, NJ. The Chatham interviews have the background noise of the nursing home. Click on the Link for selections from a specific interview.
Date |
Topic |
Venue |
Link |
March 28, 2002
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• Diversity of people hired at Bell labs | Bell Labs | DIVERSITY |
August 2, 2002 |
• One room school house • Parents |
Bell Labs |
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August 2, 2002 |
• Greatest accomplishment • Graphite carbon |
Bell Labs |
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October 2, 2003 |
• Ehrlichman & Haldeman influence on President Nixon • The “terrible tangle” • Nixon & Kissinger |
King James |
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October 5, 2003 |
• Assessment of various Presidents |
King James |
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October 5, 2003 |
• Oppenheimer & Teller; Star Wars |
King James |
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October 15, 2003 |
• President Johnson; Kennedy people; telephone use • Johnson isolation; supper |
King James |
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October 19, 2003 |
• Cuban missile crisis • Kennedy assassination • WOB personal reaction |
King James |
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October 30, 2003 |
• Group discovery credit; John R. Pierce |
King James |
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