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From 1976 - 1978, while teaching at the University of Colorado, Boulder, LeMasurier was awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation and Office of Polar Programs to study the volcanic history of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. | From 1976 - 1978, while teaching at the University of Colorado, Boulder, LeMasurier was awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation and Office of Polar Programs to study the volcanic history of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. | ||
In 1990, after conducting a survey of [[Mount Berlin]], he declared the volcano to be "potentially active." | In 1990, after conducting a survey of [[Mount Berlin]], he declared the volcano to be "potentially active." While working in the field around [[Mount Siple]] in 1994, Dr. LeMasurier knocked off a piece of rock from the mountain and sent it to Ruth Siple, the widow of [[Paul A. Siple]], for whom the mountain was named. | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||