Clarence Roderic Allen (February 15, 1925 – January 21, 2021) was an American geologist who studied seismology.
Clarence R. Allen | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 15, 1925 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 21, 2021 (aged 95) |
| Alma mater | Reed College, California Institute of Technology |
| Awards | G.K. Gilbert Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | planetary science, geology |
| Institutions | Caltech |
Career
editHe was a graduate of Reed College (B.A., 1949) and the California Institute of Technology (M.S., 1951; Ph.D., 1954).[1]
Allen was President of the Seismological Society of America in 1975[2] and the Geological Society of America. He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, and the Geological Society of America. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1975.[3] Allen was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering since 1976.[4]
Allen received the first G.K. Gilbert Award in Seismic Geology and in 1995 he received the Medal of the Seismological Society of America.[5]
He was a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology since 1955.[6] He became a professor emeritus there in 1990.[1]
Allan died on January 21, 2021, at the age of 95.[7]
Publications
edit- "Geology of Earthquakes" with Robert S. Yeats and Kerry E. Sieh. Oxford University Press (1997) ISBN 0-19-507827-6
- "Comparative study of the neotectonics of the Xianshuihe fault, China" (1987)
- "Continuation of creep and strain studies in southern California" (1984)
- "Creep and strain studies in southern California: Final technical report" (1986)
- "Seismicity of the Southern California Region, 1 January 1932 to 31 December 1972" with John M. Nordquist and James A. Hileman (1973)
- "Active faulting in northern Turkey" (1969)
- "Agua Blanca fault: A major transverse structure of northern Baja California, Mexico" (1960)
References
edit- ^ a b "Clarence R. Allen – Caltech: Geological and Planetary Sciences". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Presidents of the Society". Seismological Society of America. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ Major Award Decisionmaking at the National Science Foundation. 1994. doi:10.17226/2268. ISBN 978-0-309-05029-6.
- ^ Aller, Jay (June 29, 1995). "Caltech Press Release, 6/29/1995, Clarence Allen, Charles Richter, George Housner, Hiroo Kanamori". Caltech media relations. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
- ^ Who's Who in America 1986–1987 (Wilmette, Illinois: Marquis Who's Who, 1986) Vol. 1, p. 41
- ^ Clarence Allen, 1925–2021
Further reading
edit- Ford, Adrianne (2021). "Remembering Clarence Allen (1925–2021)". Seismological Research Letters. 93: 5–7. doi:10.1785/0220210312. ISSN 0895-0695. S2CID 244643011.
- Clarence R. Allen, Connections – The EERI Oral History Series., Oakland, CA: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. 2002. ISBN 0-943198-20-8.
