[meteorite-list] "Who is Dr. LaPaz"
From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:48:14 -0600 Message-ID: <3385263ECB744F7E8D0A11132B1B2D5E_at_ATARIENGINE2> Al, List, History always decides these rivalries. There will never be a posting on this (or any other) List with the subject "Who is Harvey Nininger"! Sterling K. Webb ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "al mitt" <almitt at kconline.com> To: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Who is Dr. LaPaz" > Hi Shawn and all, > > I am sure that some people will disagree with my assessment of LaPaz, > but he > organized the collection at the UNM in Albuquerque, New Mexico and > seem to > want to discredit Dr. Nininger every chance he got. While he did > contribute > some to the understanding of meteorites he was no giant in the field > and > didn't contribute as much as Nininger was by any means. > > A lot of his fame is the Norton County Meteorite that he outbid > Nininger on. > Nininger was standing on top of the main mass of the Norton County > Meteorite > when LaPaz and another museum head came onto the site. My > understanding that > Nininger used some of LaPaz's information to triangulate the fall but > it > takes more than one set of observations for this. > > He help organize the Meteortic's Society with Nininger but later tried > to > get Dr. Nininger thrown out of the society. I believe that Nininger > resigned. He did spend a great deal of time trying to make Nininger > look > bad. The two were obvious rivials but not in a healthy sense. Probably > because Harvey Nininger was making his living finding and selling > meteorites > in order to fund his hunts and research. BTW Harvey made attempts to > get the > scientists and museums of that time to fund his program in order to > add to > their collections but no one thought it would work except Farrington. > Farrington was older and had health problems but wished he could help > in > Nininger's pursuit. > > LaPaz was also a hypocrite who frowned on anyone collecting meteorites > but > after his death a sizeable collection was found in his basement, he > was an > obvious closet collector. While he didn't help Nininger out, I have > always > felt that he might have been one of Nininger's inspirations to keep > going > and not letting anyone get in his way. Same with no one wanting to > give > Nininger a grant or position at any of the main museums or scientific > institutions of that time. It might have drove Nininger to work harder > in > order to get it done. > > --AL Mitterling > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com> > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:26 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] "Who is Dr. LaPaz" > > > Hello Listers, > > Its been a crazy day in NYC today with the snow and slush but all has > melted > and I received a package in the mail today of a Norton County > meteorite, > weighing at 2.33g from Dr LaPaz collection. Within the package, I also > received copies of news paper clippings From the Norton Daily > Telegram, > dated May 1, 1948 from the meteorite fall, and Dr LaPaz comes up in > every > article. In one of the clippings there is a photograph of him standing > by > the meteorite being lifted out of the ground. I haven't read anything > about > Dr LaPaz till a week ago and was wondering what significance had he > had in > the meteorite community? I also Wiki him and from what I saw on Wiki, > Dr > LaPaz was smart guy and got his PhD at a young age. Lastly, along with > the > meteorite specimens I also received a trinitite fragment weighing at > 1.79g > that he had collected from the Trinity project and was wondering if > people > on the list knew much about this stuff. > > Shawn Alan > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sat 27 Feb 2010 02:48:14 PM PST |
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