Open House Committee

Charge

Staffed by the offices of Development and External Relations, the Open House committee is a widely representative group that is responsible for developing ideas for, and implementing, Lamont-Doherty’s annual Open House. Started 50 years ago by Lamont-Doherty’s founder, Maurice “Doc” Ewing, Open House is intended to show neighbors, students of all ages and the wider Columbia community how Earth works, and what we are doing here at Lamont-Doherty to discover how to steward its resources in the most responsible way possible.

Representing each research Division, the various areas of the Administration, the Department of Earth & Environmental Science, as well as the other units of the Earth Institute housed on the Lamont campus, the committee is responsible for:

- developing ideas for displays, exhibits and lectures for Open House;

- debating the possibility of a theme or slogan for each Open House, while ensuring that Open House showcases the entire campus;

- helping to reach out to as wide an audience as possible – neighbors, friends, alumni, potential science students (from elementary through graduate school) and the Columbia community – while developing exhibits and displays that target each constituency;

- volunteering at Open House itself, by manning the exhibits, displays and lectures, and welcoming visitors;

- enlisting others to volunteer as well, as needed;

- familiarizing oneself with both the campus and the individual exhibits so that Committee members can properly orient visitors.

2006 Membership

• Biology & PaleoEnvironment
  – Ashley Curtis

– Katherine Mones

• Geochemistry
  – Karen Benedetto

– Louisa Bradtmiller

• Marine Affairs (R/V Ewing)
  – Ginny Beck
  – Mercy Garland
  – Paul Ljunggren

• Physical Oceanography (Ocean & Climate Physics)
  – Richard Cullather

• Seismology, Geology & Tectonophysics
  – Art Lerner-Lam

• Borehole
  – Marsha Mayer

• CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
  – Joe Schumacher

• IRI (International Research Institute for Climate Prediction)
  – Mike Bell

• Hudson River Research
  – Margie Turrin

• Deep Sea Sample Repository
  – Rusti Lotti

• Tree Ring Lab
  – Nicole Davi

• DEES/Undergraduates Welcome Tent
  – Carol Mountain

• IT Group
  – Bob Bookbinder

• Administration
  – Angelina Calungcain
  – Tom Eberhard
  – Dick Greco
  – Karen Hoffer
  – Ray Long
  – Jennifer Verdin

– Pat Temple

• Development
  – Sarah Huard
  – Doug Brusa
  – Stacey Vassallo

• CU Earth Institute External Affairs
  – Melissa Ewing
  – Vilma Gallagher
  – Jennifer Genrich
  – Mark Inglis

• Director’s Office
  – Bev Wuerfel

• Childcare

• Dept. of Environmental Science, Barnard College
  – Catherine Cook

• School of International and Public Affairs, MPA Program in Environmental Science and Policy
  – Louise Alexis Rosen

• Columbia Admissions
  – Eleanor Daughtery

• Earth2Class
  – Mike Passow

• CICAR
  – Laura Barry-Biss