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CLARENCE R. ALLEN
Pages 18-23

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... 10: Clarence R Allen, Stanley Scott Interviewer, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Oakland, CA, 2002)
From page 20...
... Clarence was very aware of this interest and his greatest contribution to engineering was in the way he could assess geological and seismological data and research in terms of its relevance to earthquake performance and engineering design criteria and communicate that knowledge to engineers, owners, and politicians. He was twice asked to speak on this subject to the Structural Engineers Association of California and his efforts were exemplified by his 1995 Distinguished Lecture to the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.1 Another important example of this work was his studies of reservoir-triggered earthquakes, a problem brought to attention by the damaging 1967 earthquake associated with the filling of Koyna Dam in India.
From page 21...
... As part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, he was among the group that wrote the 1970 Report of the Task Force on Earthquake Hazard Reduction, published by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. One of his most important contributions was chairing the National Academy of Sciences committee looking at the initial scientific and engineering lessons from the 1971 San Fernando earthquake.3 Clarence served on a number of other NASEM committees as well, just a few of which are noted here.
From page 22...
... Alquist Award for public service in 1994 and he received the Harry Fielding Reid Medal from the Seismological Society of America in 1996. In 2001 he was awarded the George Housner Medal by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
From page 23...
... He often fished with his Caltech colleagues; I enjoyed fishing with him in New Zealand as well as on many day trips to streams in the mountains of Southern California. In addition to his substantial contributions to the profession, Clarence left a bequest of nearly $1.6 million to the Seismological Society of America, and a bequest of $800,000 to the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, ensuring a robust future for the fields that sustained his intellect and his career.


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