Terry Wallace (geophysicist)
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Terry C. Wallace Jr. | |
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Born | June 30, 1956 |
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Occupation | Director |
Profession | Geophysicist |
Terry C. Wallace Jr. (born June 30, 1956) is an American geophysicist. He was the 11th director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the president of Los Alamos National Security, LLC.[1][2] He became director on January 1, 2018, succeeding Charles F. McMillan.[3]
Early life and education
The son of the lab staff member Terry Wallace Sr. and the late
Career
From 1983 to 2003, he was a professor at the
From 2011 to 2017, Wallace was the Laboratory's principal associate director for Global Security and the senior intelligence executive, overseeing national security programs including
Wallace is an internationally recognized scientific authority in geophysics and forensic seismology, which is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves as they relate to nuclear weapons testing, and has evaluated more than 1,700 U.S. and foreign nuclear tests.[8]
Awards and recognition
In 1992, he was named a fellow in the American Geophysical Union and served on the Board of Earth Sciences & Resources in the National Academy of Sciences from 2001 to 2008. He also served as vice president (1995) and president (1999-2000) of the Seismological Society of America. He served on the board of directors for the Mineralogical Record from 1990 to 1999, including as president from 1995 to 1997. He was also chairman of the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (1994-1996) and is a current member of the Air Force Technical Applications Center‘s Seismic Review Panel (2000–present).[citation needed]
His awards include the Brown Medal (1978), the Langmuir Medal for Research (1985), the Macelwane Medal (1992), and the Carnegie Mineralogical Award (2002).
In 2011, a mineral Terrywallaceite was named after him in recognition of his efforts in education, research, and service to mineralogy. [9]
Personal life
He is a wilderness ultra runner and hiker. Wallace is a mineral collector, a hobby fostered by his father from an early age. He has visited mining communities and mineral localities across both North and South America, and has written extensively on various aspects of mineralogy for amateurs. He is the author of a popular mineral book Collecting Arizona (Lithographie, 2012:
He is married to geophysicist Michelle Hall and has one son and two grandchildren.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "DOE Picks University of California to Head Los Alamos Management Team". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
- ^ "After safety breaches, new Los Alamos director pushes for accountability at nuclear weapons lab". Science | AAAS. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ a b Writer, Mark Oswald | Journal Staff. "Terry Wallace named new director of Los Alamos lab". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- ^ "Terry Wallace, Los Alamos National Security LLC: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Terry C. Wallace, Jr". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Laboratory Director". Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ^ "Principal Associate Director - Global Security". 2005-04-30. Archived from the original on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ "Terry C. Wallace, Jr". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Terrywallaceite". Mindat.org. Retrieved 26 January 2018.