{"id":711,"date":"2023-08-09T08:36:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T12:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpstaging.whoi.edu\/site\/deeptow\/?page_id=711"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:34:05","slug":"chairs-department-of-geology-and-geophysics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/people\/chairs-department-of-geology-and-geophysics\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairs, Department of Geology and Geophysics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Chairs, Department of Geology and Geophysics<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/Rob_Evans3-1-783x1024.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"images\" title=\"Rob_Evans3-1\" data-caption=\"Rob Evans: Current Chair\" data-description=\"\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/Rob_Evans3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rob Evans\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" 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Ewing: 1976-1981. John Ewing was a geophysicist and Chair of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at WHOI. Ewing graduated from Harvard in 1950 with a bachelor of science degree in physics. He was at the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University following his graduation from Harvard, and was Associate Director and Adjunct Professor of Geology at Columbia from 1973 until his appointment as Chair Geology and Geophysics at WHOI in 1976. Ewing had worked at Woods Hole before and during his undergraduate days, and continued his association with WHOI scientists, serving as chief scientist on various cruises of research vessels Atlantis, Balanus, Caryn, and Crawford. Ewing served on the advisory and planning committees of several large oceanographic projects including the Planning Committee and the Atlantic and Pacific Advisory Panels of JOIDES (Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling). He was also a member of the Advisory Committee of the International Decade of Oceanographic Exploration of the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography, and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Seismology.\" data-description=\"\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/ewingj.jpg\" alt=\"John I. Ewing\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" width=\"150\" height=\"176\" \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- Overlay Wrapper -->\n\t\t\t <!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/mc47-heirtzler.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"images\" title=\"mc47-heirtzler\" data-caption=\"James Ransom Heirtzler: 1969-1976\" data-description=\"\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/mc47-heirtzler.jpg\" alt=\"James Ransom Heirtzler\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" width=\"150\" height=\"144\" \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- Overlay Wrapper -->\n\t\t\t <!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/bunce_932.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"images\" title=\"bunce_932\" data-caption=\"Betty Bunce: Acting Chair several times in 70's and 80's. She was the first American woman to serve as chief scientist on a major oceanographic expedition, including several legs of the Indian Ocean Expedition in 1964. In 1971 she led a team on the RV Chain for surveys of future scientific drilling sites in the Indian Ocean.\" data-description=\"\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/bunce_932.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Bunce\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- Overlay Wrapper -->\n\t\t\t <!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/mc90-hays.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"images\" title=\"mc90-hays\" data-caption=\"Earl Ewing Hays: 1967-1969. Earl Hays came to work with J. Brackett Hersey in 1957. He was made Chair of the newly formed Dept. of Applied Oceanography which oversaw the design, construction and testing of the DSRV Alvin. He was appointed Chair of the Geology and Geophysics Department in 1967 and then in 1971 he was made Chair of the Ocean Engineering Dept.\" data-description=\"\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/mc90-hays.jpg\" alt=\"Earl Ewing Hays\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- Overlay Wrapper -->\n\t\t\t <!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/bracketthersey-j8.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"images\" title=\"bracketthersey-j8\" data-caption=\"John Brackett Hersey: 1963-1966 First Chair of the Geology and Geophysics Dept. A former PhD student of Maurice 'Doc' Ewing he came to Woods Hole in 1946 and remained with the Institution for more than 20 years. In 1963, he was made the first Chairman of the Geology and Geophysics Department, a position he formally held until 1968. Hersey took a leave of absence in 1966 to work for the Office of Naval Research. He resigned from WHOI in 1968. During his leave of absence Dr. Earl Hays stepped in as Dept. Chair.\" data-description=\"\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/08\/bracketthersey-j8.jpg\" alt=\"John Brackett Hersey\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- Overlay Wrapper -->\n\t\t\t <!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairs, Department of Geology and Geophysics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":303,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711\/revisions\/728"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/website.whoi.edu\/deeptow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}