E-An Zen | |
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| Born | (1928-05-31)31 May 1928 |
| Died | 29 March 2014(2014-03-29) (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University,Harvard University |
| Awards | Roebling Medal(1991) |
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| Fields | Geology |
| Institutions | University of Maryland |
Dr.E-An Zen (任以安) was born inPeking,China, May 31, 1928, and came to theU.S. in 1946. He became a citizen in 1963. Since 1990 he was adjunct professor at theUniversity of Maryland.[1] He died on March 29, 2014, at the age of 85.[2]
He has contributed articles to professional journals and is a fellow of theGeological Society of America (Councillor, 1985–88, 1990–93; President, 1991–92); theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences, theMineralogical Society of America (Council, 1974–77;Pres., 1975–76). He is a member of theGeological Society of Washington (Pres. 1973), theNational Academy of Sciences, and theMineralogical Association of Canada.[3] Zen has been active in programs to bring geological knowledge to the general public.
Received A.B fromCornell University in 1951, M.A fromHarvard University in 1952, and PhD from Harvard University in 1955.[3]
Research fellow atWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1955–56; and a research associate, 1956–58. From 1958 to 1959 he was a visiting assistant professor at theUniversity of North Carolina. Geologist with theU.S. Geological Survey from 1959 to 1980, and a Research geologist, 1980–89. Visiting associate professor at theCalifornia Institute of Technology, 1962; Crosby Visiting Professor,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973; Harry Hess Senior Visiting Fellow,Princeton University, 1981; and Visiting Fellow,Australian National University, 1991.[3]
Zen has worked primarily in the northernAppalachians, especially on paleogeographic reconstructions and the origins ofexotic terranes inNew England.John McPhee once remarked that Zen "is approximately as exotic as the rock he studies."[4]
He has received theArthur L. Day Medal,Geological Society of America, 1986; Roebling Medal, Mineralogical Society of America, 1991; John Coke Medal,Geological Society of London, 1992; and the Distinguished Service Medal,U.S. Department of the Interior, 1979. He has also been honored for outstanding contributions to public understanding of geology (American Geological Institute, 1994) and with the Thomas Jefferson Medal,Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1995.[3]
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