In memoriam: Andrew Spencer

In Memoriam-Professor Ajit K.Padhy

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Kerry Spencer

The fall of tsarism in Russia in 1917 was the culmination of many factors. It is perhaps widely noted that Nicholas II was not suited to his role as Tsar, mainly due to his character and personality. Resentment of his wife and her involvement with the mystical Rasputin was also widespread and helped contribute to the collapse of the monarchy. Also the state of the country during World War One l...

Memoriam.

George W. Housner, Carl F Braun Professor of Engineering, emeritus, died after a short illness on 10 November 2008, just a few weeks before his 98th birthday. He was in the retirement home in Pasadena where he had lived for several years. For all of us who knew George, this marked the end of an era. Few people have guided and nurtured a field the way George led earthquake engineering over a per...

Spencer-Attix Cavity Theory

In Memoriam: Mark Everingham

MARK EVERINGHAM was a brilliant colleague. You may have been aware of him at conferences where he asked penetrating questions that could crystallize a key aspect of a paper. In conversation with him you might have been stunned by a new connection he made between areas of research or to a crucial related work. These questions and observations were a reflection of his very broad knowledge and dee...