Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is a 157 acre campus. It is located in Palisades, New York on the west bank of the Hudson River.
Campus history
The LDEO campus was originally "Torrey Cliff", the weekend estate of Wall Street banker Thomas W. Lamont. When he died in 1948, his widow, Florence Corliss Lamont (a Columbia alumnus) donated the estate to the University as an unrestricted gift. 2 years later Columbia would be the beneficiary of the bequest of another country estate when they received the "Arden" estate in Orange County, NY.
The Lamont Geological Observatory was founded at the estate in 1949 under Maurice Ewing. It was renamed "Lamont-Doherty" in 1969 after a donation from the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation. In 1993, the name was changed from Geological Observatory to Earth Observatory.
Today, LDEO is part of the Earth Institute. They also have their own research ship, the Maurice Ewing.
In 2007, LDEO celebrated the opening of the new 63,000 sq ft. Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building.
External links
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Website The BWOG's series on the Lamont-Doherty Observatory
