| Clarence R. Allen | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1925-02-15)February 15, 1925 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 21, 2021(2021-01-21) (aged 95) |
| Alma mater | Reed College, California Institute of Technology |
| Awards | G.K. Gilbert Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | planetary science, geology |
| Institutions | Caltech |
Clarence Roderic Allen (February 15, 1925 – January 21, 2021) was an American geologist who studied seismology.
Career
He was a graduate of Reed College (B.A., 1949) and the California Institute of Technology (M.S., 1951; Ph.D., 1954).
Allen was President of the Seismological Society of America in 1975 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. Allen was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering since 1976.
Allen received the first G.K. Gilbert Award in Seismic Geology and in 1995 he received the Medal of the Seismological Society of America.
He was a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology since 1955. He became a professor emeritus there in 1990.
Allan died on January 21, 2021, at the age of 95.
Publications
- "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
- ^ "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
- 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.
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