Clarence Allen (geologist)

For other people named Clarence Allen, see Clarence Allen (disambiguation).

Clarence Roderic 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. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974.^[2] Allen has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering since 1976.^[3]

Allen received the first G.K. Gilbert Award in Seismic Geology and in 1995 he received the Medal of the Seismological Society of America.^[4]

He has been a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology since 1955.^[5] He became a Professor Emeritus there in 1990.^[1]

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

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.gps.caltech.edu/people/crallen/profile
2. ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf. Retrieved 15 April 2011. 
3. ^ http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2268&page=121
4. ^ Aller, Jay (June 29, 1995). "Caltech Press Release, 6/29/1995, Clarence Allen, Charles Richter, George Housner, Hiroo Kanamori". Caltech media relations. http://mr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR11654.html. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 
5. ^ Who's Who in America" 1986-1987 (Wilmette, Illinois: Marquis Who's Who, 1986) Vol. 1, p. 41
6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF-epjQKRRg

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