Abstract
Lou Pakiser is in a very real sense the father of the earthquake program within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and one of the founding fathers of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. He was a visionary leader with keen insight into timely issues in geophysics and an aggressive advocate of scientific excellence within the USGS. ![][1] A native of Denver, Colorado, Lou Pakiser graduated from Manuel High School in Denver and, in 1942, completed a degree in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Following graduation, he worked as a geophysicist with Carter Oil Company from 1942 to 1949 with a three-year tour of duty in the military during the final years of World War II (1943–1946). In 1949 he left the oil industry to become the National Executive Director of the American Veterans Committee (AVC) and managing editor of the AVC Bulletin. Pakiser turned his attention to the Earth sciences again in 1952 when he joined the U.S. Geological Survey as a geophysicist in the Geophysics Branch in Washington, D.C., applying potential-field techniques (principally gravity) to study the structure of the Earth's crust. After transferring to the USGS offices in Denver, he took … [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif
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