Dallas Lynn Peck
| Dallas L. Peck | |
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Peck as Director of USGS, 1981–1993
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| Born |
March 28, 1929 Cheney, Washington, USA |
| Died | August 21, 2005 (aged 76) Fairfax, Virginia, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Geology, Volcanology |
| Institutions | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Alma mater |
California Institute of Technology Harvard University |
| 11th Director of the United States Geological Survey | |
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In office 1981 – 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Henry William Menard |
| Succeeded by | Gordon P. Eaton |
Dallas Lynn Peck (March 28, 1929 – August 21, 2005) was an American geologist and vulcanologist. Peck was a native of Cheney, Washington. He received his bachelor's (1951) and master's (1953) degrees in geology from the California Institute of Technology. He received a doctorate in geology from Harvard University in 1960.
Dr. Peck graduated from the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1960). He was born March 28, 1929, in Cheney, WA. Dr. Peck resides in Virginia.
He spent his early career studying the volcanoes and volcanic rocks of Hawaii and the western United States. In the mid-1960s, he helped train U.S. astronauts on what to expect on the lunar landscape. He also was among the first U.S. scientists to work with the Soviet Union and China in cooperative earthquake research in the 1970s.
Throughout his career, he was an adviser to the National Science Foundation, a member of the National Research Council, and representative to the Third General Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Sciences Program. His memberships included the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union and the Cosmos Club.
Peck died on August 21, 2005 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia of complications from open-heart surgery in June, 2005.
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