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Photographs by Ed O'Lenic

October 14, 2004
Ceremony Celebrating the Launch of the M Square UMD Research Park

Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher
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Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA Adminstrator, addresses an attentive audience at the celebration ceremony on October 14, 2004.
Prince George's County County Executive Jack Johnson
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Prince George's County County Executive Jack Johnson deliver celebratory remarks. Also delivering remarks at the ceremony were (left to right) Steny Hoyer, U.S. House of Representative - MD, Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Senate - MD, Jacques Gansler, Vice President UMD acting as the events MC, Doug Hill, Chief Meteorologist, ABC-7, Mike Miller, President, MD Senate, Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA Adminstrator, Samuel Bodman, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury. Also giving remarks, but not pictured were Michael Steele, MD Lieutentant Govenor, Dr. C.D. Mote, President UMD, Lieutenant General Michael Hayden, USAF, Director, National Security Agency and Stephen Perry, U.S. General Services Administration.
Dignataries prepare for ceremonial ribbon cutting
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Dignataries prepare for ceremonial ribbon cutting to celebrate the UMD M Square Enterprise Campus. In the background is the weather balloon for the subsequent balloon launch.
Doug Hill and UMD President Mote exchange remarks
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Doug Hill and UMD President Mote exchange remarks following the ribbon cutting. Paul Sarbanes, NCEP Director Louis Uccellini, Steny Hoyer, Sam Bodman can be seen in the background.
Weather balloon is successfully launched.
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Weather balloon is successfully launched.
NCEP Director, Louis Uccellini, discusses the exciting days ahead for
NCEP
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NCEP Director, Louis Uccellini, discusses the exciting days ahead for NCEP.
Manning the NOAA booth at the reception following the ceremony
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NCEP's HPC/OPC Director Jim Hoke and HPC/OPC Deputy director Kevin McCarthy man the NOAA booth at the reception following the ceremony.
Vice Admiral Lautenbacher, Jack Kelly and David Johnson
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Vice Admiral Lautenbacher, Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Jack Kelly and David Johnson, Director National Weather Service enjoy themselves at the reception following the ceremony.
Jim Laver mingles at the reception
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NCEP's Climate Prediction Center Director Jim Laver mingles at the reception. Former NCEP EMC Director and now UMD Distinquished Professor Dr. Eugenia Kalnay can be seen chatting with CPC scientist Vern Kousky in the background.
Conceptual Site Plan of Enterprise Campus
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Conceptual Site Plan of the University of Maryland Enterprise Campus


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