Corson, Dale Raymond
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This collection is intended to bring together in one place materials dealing with the work and legacy of Dale R. Corson, Cornell's 8th President, both new materials and those published in other collections in eCommons.
Included here are:
- The Corson Symposium: Strategy for a Great Research University
- Corson: Cornell Center for Material Research Luncheon
- The Legacy of Dale R. Corson
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Item Dale Corson: A Celebration of His Life(Internet-First University Press, 2012-09-08)The life of Cornell President Emeritus Dale Corson was celebrated at a service September 8 in Sage Chapel including a welcome by President David Skorton, remarks by honored guests and family, and music from the Glee Club and Cornell Chorus. Corson, who died March 31, was Cornell's eighth president and professor of physics emeritus. He served as president from 1969 to 1977, and was known for leading the university through one of its most turbulent eras, marked by student protests against the Vietnam War and for civil rights.Item Dale Raymond Corson: URL Links to the IFUPCooke, J. Robert (Internet-First University Press, 2009-09-15)This article contains a list of all of the Dale R. Corson materials and their URLs from the Internet-First University Press available in eCommons.Item A Conversation by Three Arecibo Observatory Pioneers: William E. Gordon, Dale R. Corson and William McGuireGordon, William E.; Corson, Dale R.; McGuire, William "Bill" (Internet-First University Press, 2015-09-04)Three pioneers discuss the beginning of the Arecibo Observatory.Item A Conversation with Dale R. CorsonCraft, Harold D., Jr.; Corson, Dale R. (Internet-First University Press, 2011-11-01)Interview of Dale R. Corson conducted by Harold D. Craft, Jr., former directory of the Arecibo Observatory (1973-1981) on Nov. 1, 2011.Item The Legacy of Dale Corson SlideshowCooke, J. Robert (producer) (Internet-First University Press, 2009)This slide show produced by J. Robert Cooke with assistance of Dale Corson (1 Aug 2009). It has been constructed entirely from resources used in The Corson Legacy (book and DVDs). This video was created to be used in public areas, e.g., entrance to Olin Library and in the Campus Store. Hence, it has no sound track and reflects a high degree of compactness (less than 11 minutes).Item The Legacy of Dale R. Corson (Supplement One)Cooke, J. Robert (producer); Corson, Dale R. (Internet-First University Press, 2009-07)This supplementary collection is an on-going effort to expand the initial book, The Legacy of Dale R. Corson. This supplement will be expanded from time-to-time ? breaking the usual limitation of a single definitive terminal point for a traditional book edition. This supplement contains: Microwave Radar In World War II by Dale R. Corson.Item Hall of Fame Induction, Cornell Center for Materials ResearchAshcroft, Neil W.; Corson, Dale R. (2009-07-22T19:55:47Z)This is a companion piece to the Book: "The Legacy of Dale R. Corson". These audio files are from Dale Corson's induction to the Hall of Fame of the Cornell Center for Materials Research from December 1999.Item The Corson Symposium: Gala Banquet and Closing LuncheonRichardson, Robert C.; Press, Frank; Sproull, Robert L.; Gortzig, Jean; Cooke, J. Robert; Corson, Dale R.; Rhodes, Frank H.T. (2009-07-22T19:49:24Z)This is a companion piece to the Book: "The Legacy of Dale R. Corson". These audio files are from the Gala Banquet and Closing Luncheon from the Corson Symposium which occurred on December 6-7, 1999.Item The Corson Symposium: LecturesRichardson, Robert C.; Rawlings, Hunter R. III; Brademas, John; Ehlers, Vernon J.; Kuh, Charlotte V.; Wyatt, Joe B.; Plum, Fred; Greenberg, Donald P.; Rhodes, Frank H.T.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Holcomb, Donald F.; Tanksley, Steven D.; Ballantyne, Joseph M. (2009-07-22T17:00:56Z)This is a companion piece to the Book: "the Legacy of Dale R. Corson". These are audio versions of the Lectures given at the Corson Symposium given on December 6-7, 1999.Item Book: The Legacy of Dale R. CorsonCooke, J. Robert (Producer) (Internet-First University Press, 2009)This book captures some significant markers in the life and times of Dale Raymond Corson and his imprint upon Cornell University. His is a unique and remarkable journey. This story is told through three videos -1) "Dale Corson: Cornell's Good Fortune", 2) an overview by two of Cornell's most distinguished faculty members, Walter LaFeber and M. H. Abrams, and 3) a wide-ranging interview of Dale Corson by another former chair of the Department of Physics, Kurt Gottfried-and through this book, a collection of historical documents and speeches by Corson and by many friends. This book assembles numerous noteworthy documents and the transcripts of "The Corson Symposium: A Strategy for a Great Research University." Enhancing this book are numerous photographs, including two collections by the late Sol Goldberg, archival images from University Photography, the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, and George Gull. The documents reprinted here provide insight into a renaissance in engineering and in biology at Cornell. They include thoughtful essays on issues of contemporary importance - essays about the future of higher education in general and at Cornell in particular. They illuminate the remarkable career of a brilliant, yet kind and humble man who provided able and insightful leadership for Cornell and for the nation. Corson's leadership was marked by a profound respect for those whom he led by being an astute and thoughtful listener - a concept he articulated as his principle of fences and bases.