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Caltech Mourns the Passing of Professor Clarence Allen (MS ’51, PhD ’54)
Clarence Allen (MS ’51, PhD ’54), professor of geology and geophysics, emeritus, and a prominent seismologist, passed away on January 21, 2021. He was 96 years old.
A New Mission
On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on Mars. The team identified Jezero Crater as an ancient lakebed, illustrated here—as it may have been billions of years ago—filled with water.
J. Robert Shull
MS ’49
Forrest R. Gilmore
BS ’44, PhD ’51
Galt B. Booth
BS ’50, MS ’51
Richard J. Magnus
ENG ’48, PhD ’55
Ellis H. Beymer
BS ’47
Ray A. Hefferlin
PhD ’55
David A. Lind
MS ’43, PhD ’48
Kenneth F. Nicholson
BS ’53, MS ’54, ENG ’58
Robert D. Fusfeld
MS ’47