Lamont Weekly Report – April 6, 2007

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964

<>REPORT SUMMARY<>

- Recent B&G Projects

- Letter from the Director

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<>RECENT B&G PROJECTS

BOREHOLE PROJECT: THE 'LINKS' - Ran computer wiring, sheetrock installed, spackled and painted. Completed trim carpentry, siding, doors and carpet. To be completed Installation of light fixtures, clean up and lawn repair.

ROOMS 106-109 SEISMOLOGY - Fabrication underway for cabinet and top for plotter area

ROOM 18 GEOCHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETER - Mass spec up and running - job complete

ROOM 207 GEOSCIENCE - Replaced ceiling tile, painted, mounted new white boards and constructed a conference table.

ROOM 217 ADMINISTRATION - Painted and carpeted office - job complete

MISCELLANEOUS -

Rebuilt fire pump
Borehole computer room - replaced heat pump
Walker wing - replaced heat pump in
Instrument lab - painted halls
207 Core Lab - replaced fume hood roof exhaust blower
9 Geochemistry motor room - replaced fume hood
Lamont Hall - replaced leaking water line, patched wall and painted basement bathroom
Lamont Hall - serviced all steam traps


<>LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Lots of interviews this week, as well as negotiations with post docs - trying to get this year's crop of post doc fellows settled. Only one firm acceptance so far from Timothy Crone (one of Will Wilcock's students at the University of Washington) who will be working with Maya Tolstoy in MG&G.

Also, significantly, I received a letter from Ray Long this week. After more than 40 years of service to the Observatory Ray is going to retire - it will be in August - and he has a retirement location well located and prepared. As the heat of the summer wanes he will migrate south to a very special and idyllic corner of Virginia. The question will be whether the campus can run without him.

Needless to say word will be passed later in the spring about plans for a suitable celebration to mark this momentous event.

I hope it does not snow over the weekend,

Have a good one,


- Mike




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