Clarence R. Allen
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Career
He 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
- "Geology of Earthquakes" with Robert S. Yeats and Kerry E. Sieh. Oxford University Press (1997) Template:ISBN
- "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
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- ↑ Who's Who in America 1986–1987 (Wilmette, Illinois: Marquis Who's Who, 1986) Vol. 1, p. 41
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Further reading
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- Clarence R. Allen, Connections – The EERI Oral History Series., Oakland, CA: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. 2002. ISBN 0-943198-20-8.
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- 1925 births
- 2021 deaths
- American seismologists
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- California Institute of Technology faculty
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Scientists from Palo Alto, California
- Reed College alumni
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- Fellows of the Seismological Society of America
- Presidents of the Geological Society of America