100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Seismological Society of America
Date: 10/09/2006
The 2006 William B. Joyner Memorial Lecture and the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Seismological Society of America
WHAT: William B. Joyner Memorial Lecture, Presentations on the Evolution of Seismology, & Birthday Refreshments!(Click for info and online registration.)
WHERE: Pacific Gas & Electric Company
245 Market St, San Francisco, CA
First Floor Auditorium
(Click here for a map.)
DATE:November 20, 2006
TIME:Doors open - 3:00 p.m.
Joyner Lecture - 4:00 p.m.
Birthday Celebration - 6:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION:
(required) $20, Students with ID are free.
The Society's founding members approved SSA's first governing documents 100 years ago on November 20. To commemorate this event, a special presentation of this years Joyner Lecture by NORM ABRAHAMSON will be held in San Francisco. Norms lecture is entitled "The Seismology-Engineering Interface: The Need for Two-Way Flow of Information."
Following the Lecture, Clarence Allen, Lloyd Cluff and a third speaker TBD will give short presentations on the evolution of seismology over the past century.
Birthday Cake and Refreshments will follow the presentations.
Registration is required. Price is $20. Students with a current student id are free, but a registration is required to reserve the seat. For more information and to register, go to http://www.seismosoc.org/meetings/2006birthdayceleb/.
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Susan B. Newman, Executive Director
Seismological Society of America
201 Plaza Professional Building
El Cerrito, CA 94530
snewman@seismosoc.org
(510) 559-1782 (direct);FAX (510)525-7204
http://www.seismosoc.org
