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Ten Years at the Top: HVO's Scientist-in-Charge Steps Aside

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After serving as Scientist-in-Charge of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory for more than 10 years, Jim Kauahikaua, shown here at HVO's Centennial Celebration in 2012, steps aside on March 8, 2015. Kauahikaua will remain on HVO's staff as a research geophysicist, the position he originally held starting in 1988. USGS photo.