Don L. Anderson
Don Lynn Anderson (March 5, 1933 – December 2, 2014) was an American geophysicist. Anderson’s work was about seismology, solid state physics, geochemistry and petrology to explain how the Earth works. Anderson was born in Frederick, Maryland.
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| Born | March 5, 1933 |
| Died | December 2, 2014 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, California Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Plate Tectonics, Seismology, Geochemistry, Scientific Poetry |
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| Fields | Seismology, Geophysics, Geology, Geochemistry |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology, Caltech Seismological Laboratory |
| Doctoral students | Martin Smith, Lane Johnson, Bruce Julian, "Francis" Wu, "Leon" Teng, Charles G. Sammis, Harmuth Spetzler, Thomas H. Jordan, James Whitcomb, Hsi-Ping Liu, Scott David King, Jeffrey Given, Shingo Watada, Janice Regan, Eric Chael, Hua-Wei Zhou, Lianxing Wen.[2] |
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Anderson's expertise in numerous scientific disciplines has been recognized with gold medals from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Geological Society of America, the Royal Astronomical Society, and the highest science medals from the American Geophysical Union and the President of the United States. | |
Anderson died of cancer in Cambria, California, aged 81.[3]
Don L. Anderson Media
Receiving the National Medal of Science from President Bill Clinton
Don and Nancy Anderson celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary
References
- ↑ Anderson, Don L. (15 February 1962). "Surface wave dispersion in layered anisotropic media" – via thesis.library.caltech.edu.
- ↑ "Browse by Advisor - CaltechTHESIS". thesis.library.caltech.edu.
- ↑ Svitil, Kathy (3 December 2014). "Don L. Anderson 1933–2014". News & Events (Caltech). http://www.caltech.edu/news/don-l-anderson-44994. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
Other websites
- Anderson's webpage at Caltech Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
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