Annually, in recognition of those who made extraordinary contributions to the earthquake safety research, practices and policies,
EERI awards The George W. Housner Medal of the
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.[4] On his death, Housner left a substantial gift to EERI "to advance the objectives of EERI". This gift has been used to train future earthquake engineering policy advocates and thought leaders through the EERI Housner Fellows Program, which has been active since 2011.[5]
Housner died of natural causes November 10, 2008 in Pasadena, California at the age of 97.[6]
Partial list of achievements
Chairman of the earthquake engineering research committee of the National Academy of Sciences[7]
^The Geologic Hazards Advisory Committees for Program and Organization (1967). Earthquake and Geologic Hazards in California. Resources Agency of the State of California.
Housner, G. W. (2002), "Historical view of earthquake engineering", International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, International Geophysics, vol. 81, pp. 13–18,
doi:
10.1016/S0074-6142(02)80205-4,
ISBN9780124406520
Annually, in recognition of those who made extraordinary contributions to the earthquake safety research, practices and policies,
EERI awards The George W. Housner Medal of the
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.[4] On his death, Housner left a substantial gift to EERI "to advance the objectives of EERI". This gift has been used to train future earthquake engineering policy advocates and thought leaders through the EERI Housner Fellows Program, which has been active since 2011.[5]
Housner died of natural causes November 10, 2008 in Pasadena, California at the age of 97.[6]
Partial list of achievements
Chairman of the earthquake engineering research committee of the National Academy of Sciences[7]
^The Geologic Hazards Advisory Committees for Program and Organization (1967). Earthquake and Geologic Hazards in California. Resources Agency of the State of California.
Housner, G. W. (2002), "Historical view of earthquake engineering", International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, International Geophysics, vol. 81, pp. 13–18,
doi:
10.1016/S0074-6142(02)80205-4,
ISBN9780124406520