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Lamont Weekly Report – December
19, 2003
OFFICE
OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964
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– Letter from the Director –
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<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
This will be a report of mixed emotions of joy and sadness.
Our Holiday party last night was certainly an extended moment
of joy and happiness. I certainly had a wonderful time and
hope all that attended did so too. Events like that do not
just happen of course a lot of work went into it. Please thank
the committee members Felicia Taylor, Emily Chapp, Gilles
Guerin, Alison Keimowitz, Erin Stone, Patti Ruane, Bruno Tremblay
and Laura Lichtblau if you have the chance, and especially
thank Emily for the great slide show.
George Kukla did not like me embarrassing him last night
with well-deserved praise for being awarded the Milankovitch
medal by the European Geophysical Union. So, naturally, I
will embarrass him more by publicly congratulating him here
for receiving this great and appropriate honor. Congratulations
George! It was awarded to recognize his pioneering studies
of terrestrial records and for linking past climate changes
with Milankovich's astronomical theory of climate.
At AGU a couple of weeks ago Lamont investigators contributed
a number of posters that tackled the issue of women in science
how to increase their numbers, and how to insure their timely
advancement and promotion. As I was looking over these posters,
I remembered my early interactions more than thirty years
ago in Woods Hole with one of the great women pioneers of
Marine Geophysics Betty Bunce. Betty was sailing as Chief
Scientist on Woods Hole ships shooting explosive seismic refraction
experiments in the western Atlantic in the sixties. Sadly
I learned earlier this week that at the age of 88 she died.
She was a great lady and was one of the legendary characters
of our profession and was a true pioneer.
We lost another legend this week. Captain Alan Jorgensen
who was Captain of the CONRAD for many years died. He first
sailed as Captain in 1968, and came out of retirement in 1989
to sail as an Able Seaman on Conrad's final cruise. Ginny
Beck in the Marine Office has details if anyone would like
to contact the Jorgenson family. Sadly I never met him whenever
I sailed on the CONRAD Peter Oleander was Captain something
of a different character.
All best wishes for the Holiday season please do not forget
the Children's Holiday party on Sunday, December 21, 2003
at 3-5 pm in Lamont Hall.
Have a great weekend,
– Mike
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