Housner, G. W. (George William), 1910-2008.
Oral history interview with George Housner, 1984, July 2 to July 11.
Interview conducted by Rachel Prud' Homme, in which Housner discusses his work in civil and earthquake egineering, the development of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the International Association for Earthquake Engineering, and building up the Engineering and Applied Science Division at CalTech.
George William Housner, the C. F. Braun Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, is one of the pioneers in earthquake engineering, and is internationally known for his outstanding contributions to theory and practice in the field of structural dynamics. Housner has served as president of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and the Seismological Society of America. He also served as chairman of the panel on Seismic Design and Testing of Nuclear Facilities for International Atomic Energy Agency.
Housner, G. W. (George William), 1910-2008.
Prud'homme, Rachel
California Institute of Technology. Division of Engineering and Applied Science
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
International Association for Earthquake Engineering
Civil engineering.
Earthquake engineering
Oral histories.
Transcripts.
Prud'homme, Rachel interviewer
California Institute of Technology
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California Institute of Technology. Institute Archives. 1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA