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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 03 > Set to retire at age 70, adventurous professor still out exploring

Set to retire at age 70, adventurous professor still out exploring

By Merrill Balassone / The Bulletin
May 3, 2009

TURLOCK, Calif. — Ida Bowers once camped out with her students on a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, watching rivulets of lava explode in the distance.

She calls this “great fun.”

The 70-year-old geography professor, who will retire in June after 37 years....

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