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Betty Bunce adjusting dials on equipment in Atlantis II computer lab.

Betty Bunce adjusting dials on equipment in Atlantis II computer lab.
Betty Bunce adjusting dials on equipment in Atlantis II computer lab.
Betty Bunce adjusting dials on equipment in Atlantis II computer lab.
Betty Bunce adjusting dials on equipment in Atlantis II computer lab.
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Betty Bunce adjusting dials on equipment in Atlantis II computer lab.
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09/14/1977
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Elizabeth "Betty" Bunce was one of the first female oceanographers and the first woman to serve as chief scientist aboard a WHOI research vessel. Her colleagues remember her as kind and loyal as well as forthright and toughand for using a punching bag on research cruises. A geophysicist interested in tectonics and seismic studies, Bunce was also the first woman to serve as Chair of a department at WHOI. She received the 1995 Women Pioneers in Oceanography Award, and was honored posthomously by having a portion of the Puerto Rico Trench named after her.
Betty Bunce is the recipient of the 1995 Mary Sears Woman Pioneers in Oceanography award.
Photo courtesy of WHOI Archives
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