McCarty, Perry L.
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Perry L. McCarty, the Silas Palmer Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, shares his personal recollections of the choices he made and challenges he faced during his time at Stanford. He discusses his pre-Stanford history and how he was recruited to Stanford to help develop the environmental engineering and science program. He discusses the development and growth of the program with recollections about adding faculty, developing facilities, obtaining grants and contracts, interdisciplinary collaborations, and university politics. He shares his recollections as the chair of the Civil and Environmental Department as well as the creation and growth of the Western Region Hazardous Substance Research Center which he directed. Professor McCarty discusses how Stanford became a leader in creating processes to clean up contaminated groundwater and the impact his research has had on dealing with the development of biological processes for the control of environmental contaminants around the world.
Description
Type of resource | mixed material |
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Date created | February 11, 2014 |
Creators/Contributors
Author | McCarty, Perry L. | |
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Contributing author | DiPaolo, Andy | |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
Subject | Perry L. McCarty |
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Subject | Stanford Historical Society |
Subject | oral histories |
Subject | interviews |
Subject | environmental engineering |
Subject | environmental science |
Bibliographic information
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/jn582sw6945 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Preferred citation
- Preferred Citation
Perry L. McCarty (2014).
Oral history. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at:
http://purl.stanford.edu/jn582sw6945
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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