Dallas Lynn Peck
Dallas Lynn Peck was born in Cheney, Washington, United States on March 28th, 1929 and is the American Geologist. At the age of 76, Dallas Lynn Peck biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Dallas Peck was an authority on volcanoes who served as director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1981 to 1993. He spent his entire career at the U.S. Geological Survey, starting in 1951. Peck worked in California and Hawaii before moving to the Washington, D.C. area in 1966. He was chief of the geologic division from 1977 until he was appointed director of the survey. During his tenure, he expanded the scope of the survey's work on mineral resources, global change, water quality and mapping.
Following his term as Director, he returned to the Geologic Division of USGS in 1993 to conduct research on the granites of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada and to serve as adviser in the Office of the Chief Geologist. In 1995 he retired from the USGS, but continued his research as an emeritus scientist until his death.
- The Dallas Peck Outstanding Scientist Emeritus Award is names in his honor.
- He received the Interior Department's awards for meritorious (1970) and distinguished service (1979) as well as the Presidential Meritorious Executive Award (1980).
- He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the California Institute of Technology in 1985.
- A mountain range in Antarctica was named after him in 1989.