Helmberger, Donald V. (Geophysicist)

Dates

• Existence: 1938 - 2222

Biographical/Historical

Background: Director, Seismological Laboratory, 1998-present; Caltech Professor of Geophysics, 1970-present.

Biographical/Historical

Description: Donald Vincent Helmberger was born in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota (BS 1961). He received his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of California, San Diego, in 1965 and 1967 respectively. He held a research associate position at MIT from 1967-1969, followed by an assisstant professorship at Princeton, 1969-70. After coming to Caltech in 1970, his research centered on high-frequency modelling of earthquakes to determine details of orientation and rupture processes. In 1998 he succeeded Hiroo Kanamori as the fifth director of Caltech's Seismological Laboratory.

Biographical/Historical

Collection Notes: Oral history, 2001: A 49-page interview conducted by Shirley K. Cohen; covers early life, Caltech career, including some history of the Seismological Laboratory and reminiscences of seismology, geology and planetary science at Caltech.

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