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Revision as of 22:02, 18 June 2010
Clarence R. Allen (born Palo Alto, California on February 15, 1925) is a geologist who studies seismology. He is a graduate of Reed College (B.A., 1949) and the California Institute of Technology (M.S., 1951; Ph.D., 1954)[1]
Allen has been President of the Seismological Society of America and the Geological Society of America. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, and the Geological Society of America. Allen has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering since 1976.[2]
Dr. Allen received the first G.K. Gilbert Award in Seismic Geology and in 1995 he received the Medal of the Seismological Society of America.[3]
He has been a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology since 1955.[4] He became a Professor Emeritus there in 1990.[5]
In 1955, Allen appeared as a contestant on the American television quiz show You Bet Your Life hosted by Groucho Marx.[6]
Publications
- "Geology of Earthquakes" with Robert S. Yeats and Kerry E. Sieh. Oxford University Press (1997) ISBN 0195078276
- "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
- ^ http://www.gps.caltech.edu/people/crallen/profile
- ^ http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2268&page=121
- ^ Aller, Jay (June 29, 1995). "Caltech Press Release, 6/29/1995, Clarence Allen, Charles Richter, George Housner, Hiroo Kanamori". Caltech media relations. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ Who's Who in America" 1986-1987 (Wilmette, Illinois: Marquis Who's Who, 1986) Vol. 1, p. 41
- ^ http://www.gps.caltech.edu/people/crallen/profile
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF-epjQKRRg
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