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Lamont Weekly
Report – April 20, 2007
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
On Wednesday, May 2, the Observatory will host a Memorial
Symposium
in honor of Gary C. Comer. The event will feature science
talks by
Richard Alley, Penn State University, George Denton, Univ.
of Maine,
and Wally Broecker, Columbia University. Personal remembrances
will
also be shared by David Battisti of the University of Washington.
Mr.
Comer's children, Guy Comer and Stephanie Comer, will also
be in attendance.
The Symposium will be held on May 2 in the Monell Auditorium
from 3pm
to 5pm with a reception following.
The gift that Gary gave us allowed the new Geochemistry building
to
become a reality - it will transform our Campus and will mark
the
beginning of a decade of renewal and development here. It
is a long
time since the Observatory has experienced such a fundamental
event,
and it is only right that we remember the greatness of Gary
through
accounts of the science that he enabled from such giants as
Wally,
Richard Alley and George Denton.
A big thank you and kudos to everyone at Lamont for participating
in
the nationwide Recyclemania competition for universities.
Lamont
took first place in both the Per Capita Classic competition
(for
collecting over 100 pounds of recyclables per person over
the ten
week contest) and the Paper recycling competition. In addition,
Lamont placed third in the Grand Champion competition, having
achieved a phenomenal 56% recycling rate over this period.
The
43,000 pounds of material we recycled during the contest is
estimated
as a reduction of 23 metric tons of carbon equivalent (MTCE)
over
sending that material to a landfill, which equates to eliminating
the
impact of the consumption of 9,600 gallons of gasoline. Nationally,
Lamont is now regarded as a leader in the university recycling
movement, and that is something we can be truly proud of.
Our trophy
will be here shortly, which should create a perfect excuse
for a party!
Thanks to Pat O'Reilly, Tom Eberhard and their staff as well
as to
all the cleaning staff. They did the heavy lifting, especially
in the
final weeks of the competition.
For more details on the results check out:
http://www.recyclemaniacs.org/results.asp
Of course our next challenge will be to come up with ways
to minimize
the amount of paper and trash that we generate in the first
place. A
number of great ideas have already been suggested and we look
forward
to hearing more. Thanks to Mary Reagan and the Campus Life
Committee
for making this all happen.
Welcome Paul Betts, our new Machine Shop Supervisor who joined
Lamont
last week. Paul has been a Columbia employee for 18 years,
working
as an Experimental Machinist at Nevis Labs. Paul is very much
looking forward to collaborating with our scientists, engineers
and
technicians to build new and better products. I encourage
you to
share your thoughts with Paul and Pat O'Reilly about how the
shop
might serve better your needs. Paul can be reached at extension
8437
or by email to pbetts@admin.ldeo.columbia.edu.
It is the last of our Spring Public Lecture series this Sunday
(as
Spring finally arrives) - Meredith Kelly and Meredith Nettles
will
be in the spotlight.
Have a great weekend (the sun is shining!!),
- Mike
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